Unwillingness to communicate (UWTC) was initially conceptualized as a trait-like predisposition in L1 studies, but later research shifted the focus to willingness to communicate (WTC). In second language acquisition, WTC was introduced as a situational construct where time is highlighted by the immediate context of decision to communicate.…

The Suburban Teacher Education Program (STEP), was a full-semester alternative student teaching experience at Texas Southern University, the purpose of which was for students to gain additional understanding and insight in bridging the sociocultural gap that exists between life in suburbia and the central city. This goal was achieved by providing…

The general purpose of this project was to produce some reliable and valid knowledge of how differences in the non-linguistic aspects of North American and Latin American socio-cultural patterns (concepts, values, beliefs, norms, expectations, and ethnocentrism) act as barriers to cross-cultural communication. The end product was to be…