Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ547590
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1997
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ISSN: ISSN-0271-0633
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Please Speak Up: Asian Immigrant Students in American College Classrooms.
Hodne, Barbara D.
New Directions for Teaching and Learning, n70 p85-92 Sum 1997
Offers reasons and suggestions for involving Asian immigrant college students in classroom talk (by initiating informal conversations, involving more students in discussions, and structuring small-group communication). Cautions against pressuring them to adopt American speech habits that may threaten their Asian-language identities. Includes anecdotes and immigrants' opinions on classroom communication issues. (MSE)
Descriptors: Acculturation, Classroom Communication, Classroom Techniques, College Students, Communication Problems, English (Second Language), Ethnicity, Higher Education, Immigrants, Intercultural Communication, Interpersonal Communication, Language Role, Language Usage, Limited English Speaking, Speech Habits
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Audience: Teachers; Practitioners
Language: English
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