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Quinlan, Kathleen M. – Studies in Higher Education, 2019
Lecturing is often touted as a means to inspire students' interest, despite evidence that most lectures fail to do so. This study examines triggers of students' situational interest during lectures. Students (N = 706) in 12 different individual one hour first year lectures in a UK university were surveyed at the end of the lecture. They described…
Descriptors: Student Interests, College Students, Lecture Method, Student Attitudes
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Flowerdew, John; Miller, Lindsay – TESOL Quarterly, 1995
Examined the cultural dynamics of native speakers of English lecturing to ethnic Chinese English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) students at the City University of Hong Kong. A four-dimensional framework for analyzing the effects of culture on ESL lectures is outlined that focuses on ethnic culture, local culture, academic culture, and disciplinary…
Descriptors: College Students, Cultural Background, Cultural Influences, English (Second Language)