From Silence to Talk: Cross-Cultural Ideas on Students' Participation in Academic Group Discussion  

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Jones, Jeremy F.

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: English for Specific Purposes (Full Text) vol. 18 no. 3 (1999), page 243-260.
Fulltext: 18_03_Jones.pdf (249.62KB)

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Perpustakaan PKBB Nomor Panggil: 405/ESP/18 Non-tandon: tidak ada Tandon: 1

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Why is it that many students of non-native-English-speaking background, especially those from Asian cultures, have difficulty participating actively in academic group discussions at English-speaking institutions of higher education? Teachers may recognise that the reasons for their students' inhibitions are cultural in origin but not know the precise cultural factors that lie behind silence or reticence and not know how to encourage a shift in behaviour towards talkativeness. Approaching the topic from a cross-cultural perspective, this article will explore culturally based perceptions of silence and reticence and the nature of group discussion. It then offers pedagogical directions which course planners, academic advisers and language teachers could follow to help students to realise their potential for active and equal participation and also help the academics who teach them to understand more clearly the difficulties they face.

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