Students' perceptions of teachers' nonverbal behavior: Comparison of American and international students' classroom response |
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| Authors: | Melanie Booth‐Butterfield Tomoka Noguchi |
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| Institution: | 1. Professor and Chair, Department of Communication Studies , West Virginia University , Morgantown, WV, 26506;2. Lecturer in the Department of Foreign Languages , West Virginia University , Morgantown, WV, 26506 |
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| Abstract: | For some international students, teachers' nonverbal immediacy may constitute a violation of expectations in classroom behavior. Using Expectancy Violation Theory framework, this study investigated differences in students ‘perceptions of teachers’ nonverbal immediacy by comparing American and international students studying in the U.S. The findings confirmed that (1) teachers' nonverbal immediacy is perceived as more appropriate by American students than by international students, (2) there are differences in evaluations of specific nonverbal immediacy behaviors by American students and international students, and (3) perceptions depended on student gender for some behaviors, but not teacher's gender. Learning was more positively related to perceived immediacy behaviors for international students than their American counterparts. |
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