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Direct linkNimet Çopur; Adam Brandt – Classroom Discourse, 2024
The interactional roles of smile and laughter have been widely explored in both institutional settings and mundane talk (e.g. Holt 2016; Potter and Hepburn 2010). However, the role of one specific kind of smile, what we call a 'squeezed-mouth smile' (SMS), remains unexamined. Using CA, this study explores one teacher's use of SMS in response to…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Nonverbal Communication, Humor
Looney, Stephen Daniel; He, Yingliang – Classroom Discourse, 2021
This paper investigates the use of laughter and smiling to manage (dis)affiliation during two types of disturbances in the interactional unfolding of classrooms: delayed and disaligning responses. The analysis reveals that the sequential position and embodied turn design are integral to understanding the (dis)affiliative work laughter and smiling…
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Classroom Techniques, Humor, Nonverbal Communication
Bolkan, San; Griffin, Darrin J. – Communication Education, 2018
In this study, we investigated how various teaching behaviors influence student interest as a situational variable. Specifically, we studied how behaviors related to "catch" interest (i.e., ephemeral aspects of the learning environment such as instructor humor, nonverbal immediacy, intellectual stimulation) and "hold" interest…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Student Interests, Classroom Environment, Student Empowerment
Park, Mi Yung – Classroom Discourse, 2016
Using a conversation-analytic approach along with the notions of frame and footing (Goffman 1981), this study examines what strategies teachers use to build rapport with their students in Korean as a foreign language classrooms. It also discusses what kinds of interactional resources they employ in tandem with these strategies. Analysis of…
Descriptors: Korean, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Empathy
Download full textSundari, Hanna – LEARN Journal: Language Education and Acquisition Research Network, 2018
An interaction is the heart of language teaching and learning. Classroom interaction initially refers to conversational exchanges between teacher, as an initiator, and students, as responders. However, the dimension of interaction in the classroom is not solely on conversational adjustment among interactants. The aim of the study was to report the…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Foreign Countries
McFarland, Katherine P. – 2000
This paper presents detailed classroom management strategies for teachers working in middle- and secondary-level classrooms. The strategies include: (1) plan lessons that are well organized and fully developed, showing all the components of the teaching-learning cycle using a variety of strategies and activities that reflect multiple learning…
Descriptors: Classroom Design, Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques, Discipline
