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Zeevi, Irit; Dubiner, Deborah – Critical Inquiry in Language Studies, 2020
In urban centers, many residents commute to work and are exposed to visual input displayed on cars around them. License plates become a space utilized by advertisers to display advertising messages. This is an instance of the presence of language in the public space, or the "linguistic landscape" of an area. The purpose of the present…
Descriptors: Emotional Response, Advertising, Motor Vehicles, Visual Aids
Smith, David H. – 1973
Oral communication is the primary mode used by members of organizational groups to build and intercommunicate shared cultural myths and values. Verbal communication within organizational groups--businesses, church congregations, nursing teams, and the like--is the foundation of the reality shared by members of the groups. Finding the master…
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Cultural Context, Group Dynamics, Organizational Climate
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Morain, Genelle – Foreign Language Annals, 1976
The value of visual literacy, the ability to recognize and interpret natural and manmade symbols, to a student of foreign language is stressed. Three groups of nonverbal signs--kinesic elements, environmental elements, and objects invested with a special meaning--are discussed, and methods for teaching visual literacy described. (RM)
Descriptors: Cultural Background, Cultural Context, Cultural Influences, Language Instruction
Stevens, Warren D. – AV Commun Rev, 1969
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Cultural Context, Cultural Influences, Information Theory
Saitz, Robert L.; Cervenka, Edward J. – 1972
This handbook of Colombian and U.S. gestures was prepared originally as an aid to English teachers in Colombia. The Colombian gestures were collected via personal observations and interviews with Colombian informants. Approximately 20 informants from various regions of the United States were also interviewed. To this orginal collection, published…
Descriptors: Body Language, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Context
Kittell, Jack E. – 1968
This report proposes that the entire basis of composition be reconsidered in terms of total communication--starting with culture (the total interaction of humans) and progressing to the recognition of writing as a symbol system valuable in expressing and ordering the self. Included in the report are discussions of (1) the relationship of written…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Communication Skills, Cultural Context, Educational Objectives
Reitzug, Ulrich C.; Reeves, Jennifer E. – 1990
A rich description of the ways in which an effective principal utilizes symbolic leadership to develop shared school meanings and purposes is presented in this paper. Methodology involved the following: (1) individual and group interviews with 42 teachers, several other staff members, and the principal of an effective urban elementary school…
Descriptors: Administrator Effectiveness, Administrator Role, Cultural Context, Educational Administration
Ong, Walter J. – 1954
The fifteen essays collected here are grouped under three sections, each dealing with a different, but related theme. The first section, exploring the relationship of literature to the human being, includes "The Jinnee in the Well Wrought Urn,""A Dialectic of Aural and Objective Correlatives,""Metaphor and the Twinned Vision," and"Voice as Summons…
Descriptors: Aural Learning, Creativity, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Context