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Hasegawa, Atsushi – Modern Language Journal, 2018
Using the framework of conversation analysis, this study investigated the interactional workings of laughter in task-based interactions. The analysis was drawn from 160 cases of pair work interactions, collected in 2nd-semester Japanese-as-a-foreign-language classrooms. The pair work activities examined in this study are mostly grammar-focused,…
Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, Language Usage, Interpersonal Relationship, Instructional Materials
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Glaser, Hollis F.; Bingham, Shereen – Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2009
This study explores what classroom behaviors and activities in the basic speech course contribute to student connectedness. The results indicate that student encouragement, humor, honesty, interactive exercises and individual speeches, can help student bonding and motivation, and impacts their overall college experience.
Descriptors: Public Speaking, Student Attitudes, Speech Curriculum, Two Year College Students