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'Oiling the Social Wheels' in an Undergraduate Chemistry Lab: An ITA's Participation in Small Talk
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Aslan, Erhan – Classroom Discourse, 2020
Even though small talk has been investigated in a variety of business contexts and service encounters, it is understudied in instructional settings. This paper explores the occurrence of small talk in a university chemistry lab between a Chinese international teaching assistant (ITA) and American students. Drawing on naturally occurring…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Chemistry, Science Laboratories, Interpersonal Communication