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Managing Understanding through English as a Lingua Franca
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Koblizkova, Andrea – Language Learning in Higher Education, 2018
The paper offers insight into pragmatic aspects of English as a lingua franca (ELF) and potential implications for intercultural communication by presenting the results of research into rapport carried among Czech, English and German university students. The three cultural groups were compared in terms of their cultural independence in rapport…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Language Role, Official Languages
Voices from the Unvoiced: A Comparative Study of Hidden Values and Attitudes in Opinion-Giving
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Murata, Kumiko – Language and Intercultural Communication, 2011
This paper explores difficulties students may experience in giving opinions in class, drawing on data gleaned from the administration of questionnaires and interviews to Japanese and British students. The results show that the students from both groups regard highly of giving and exchanging opinions in class; however, there is a marked difference…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Opinions, Comparative Analysis, Questionnaires
A Comparison of Graduate and Undergraduate Teacher Education Students' Perceptions of Their Instructors' Use of "Microsoft PowerPoint"
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Yilmazel-Sahin, Yesim – Technology, Pedagogy and Education, 2009
This study explored the perceptions of 304 teacher education students regarding how effectively and meaningfully their instructors use the "Microsoft PowerPoint" presentation software program in their teaching and compared graduate and undergraduate students' perceptions to determine the extent to which graduate and undergraduate teacher educators…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Graduate Students, Student Attitudes, Interviews
The Student Role
Leonard, Wilbert Marcellus, II – Improving College and University Teaching, 1976
In order to study empirically the so-called communication gap between students and administrators, an instrument containing a series of items regarding the role of the student and administration was given to a mass lecture section of introductory sociology students. A need for improved communication was found. (LBH)
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Administrators, College Students, Communication Problems
An Investigation of Source and Receiver Apprehension between United States and Australian Students at the High School and College Levels.
McDowell, Earl E.; And Others – 1981
A study investigated listening and oral communication apprehension in high school and college students from the United States and Australia. The subjects were 355 students from the United States (133 high school females, 109 high school males, 65 college females, and 46 college males), and 339 students from Australia (73 high school females, 91…
Descriptors: College Students, Communication Apprehension, Communication Problems, Communication Research
Talking about AIDS in Hong Kong: Cultural Models in Public Health Discourse.
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Jones, Rodney H. – 1995
A study explored the issues of cultural identity and interaction in public health discourse concerning Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) in Hong Kong's multilingual, multicultural social context. Twenty public service announcements (PSAs) concerning AIDS awareness televised in both English and Cantonese in Hong Kong from 1987 to 1994 were…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Behavior Standards, Chinese, Communication Problems