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Exploring Teachers' Perceptions versus Actual Use of Nonverbal Communication Signals in EFL Classrooms
[Thesis]
/Mohammad Hasbayi
Tabriz:: University of Tabriz , Faculty of Persian Literature and Foreign Languages
79p.
Print
Master of Arts
1391/04/19
Humans communicate through two modes of verbal and nonverbal communication. Until fairly recently, it was commonly thought that the one and only expressive means of communication was through orally uttering and stringing together a couple of words so as to formulate sentences for the purpose of communicating what we had in our minds. As research in the area of nonverbal communication flourished, soon this fallacious conception started to taper off. Nowadays, it is generally agreed that clues in the nonverbal "channels" of communication (how something is said) are often more important than words alone (what is said) and that the body movements and behaviors often communicate more information than their counterpart i.e. verbal language. The issue of nonverbal communication becomes a more pressing issue particularly in foreign language classes. The purpose of this study was to compare teachersب perceptions of nonverbal communication signals against their actual performance. Mixed method was used in this study in the sense that the raw data was quantified to be analyzed through statistical procedures. Four male EFL teachers were selected for the study. First, two consecutive class meetings of the teachers were video-taped and a 20-minute excerpt was coded for the intended nonverbal categories for each teacher. Then, a questionnaire, comprising 13 questions, was prepared and submitted to the teachers to fill in. Finally, as each question corresponded to one of the categories of nonverbal behavior under investigation, the perceptions of teachers were compared against their performance. In comparison phase, two conditions were possible: teachersب perceptions matched with their performance or didnبt match. When the perceptions didnبt match, it was either a case of underestimating or overestimating their performance. It was revealed that teachers did not have a full command of their nonverbal repertoire and only around 50 of their statements on their use of nonverbal behavior in the classroom were proved to be right. Thus, it is concluded that teachers must be trained to have a more conscious control and awareness of their nonverbal behavior and that teacher training courses should include lessons on nonverbal communication signals..
Nonverbal communication
Facial Expression
Gesture, Body Language
Self-manipulation
Gaze
Hasbayi,Mohammad, Mohammad Hasbayi
Ansarin,Ali-Akbar, Supervisor
Sabouri,Hossein
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پایان نامهPE,1127,.H2E97,1391
Exploring Teachers' Perceptions versus Actual Use of Nonverbal Communication Signals in EFL Classrooms
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