Thais Taking Turns: How Thais Participate in Group Work in the American Classroom
Description:
Using Ethnography of Communication, Conversational Analysis, and surveys, Thai students' participation in group work was studied to determine how they interact with native English-speaking students. Issues discussed are: (1) behaviors Thai students display during group work; including comparisons and contrasts to native students' behaviors, (2) prejudices native students have about including Thai students in group work, (3) Thais' strengths and weaknesses in group work, and (4) perceptions nati…
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Date:
August 1999
Creator:
Bischof, Janine Chere
Partner:
UNT Libraries