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David Duell – Perspectives: Policy and Practice in Higher Education, 2025
Inter-professional perspective-taking (the ability to take the perspective of colleagues with whom one is working, but who work in a different context or role type) is an aspect of empathy, with substantial benefits in the workplace, including environments where inter-professional collaboration is required, such as clinicians and administrators.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Interprofessional Relationship, Teacher Attitudes
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Zhu, Ning; Filik, Ruth – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 2023
Sarcasm is commonly used in everyday language; however, little is currently known about cultural and individual differences in sarcasm interpretation and use, particularly across Western and Eastern cultures. To address these gaps in the literature, the present study investigated individual differences in sarcasm interpretation and use in the UK…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Negative Attitudes, Communication (Thought Transfer), Individual Differences
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Gulamani, Sannah; Marshall, Chloë; Morgan, Gary – Second Language Research, 2022
Little is known about how hearing adults learn sign languages. Our objective in this study was to investigate how learners of British Sign Language (BSL) produce narratives, and we focused in particular on viewpoint-taking. Twenty-three intermediate-level learners of BSL and 10 deaf native/early signers produced a narrative in BSL using the…
Descriptors: Sign Language, Perspective Taking, Second Language Learning, Deafness
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Rhianne Hoffman; Elizabeth Spencer; Joanne Steel – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2024
Background: Spoken discourse impairments post-traumatic brain injury (TBI) are well-documented and heterogeneous in nature. These impairments have chronic implications for adults in terms of employment, socializing and community involvement. Intervention delivered by a speech-language pathologist (SLP) is recommended for adults with discourse…
Descriptors: Allied Health Personnel, Speech Language Pathology, Head Injuries, Neurological Impairments
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Huang, Zhuo Min – Language and Intercultural Communication, 2023
In this article, I use arts methods to explore the concept 'intercultural mindfulness' as performed in students' meaning-making about their intercultural experience at a UK university. The findings identify some less discussed qualities for mindfulness such as affective openness, embodied openness, and ethical-oriented openness, generosity,…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Intercultural Communication, Educational Experience, Foreign Countries
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Reeves, Alison L.; Nyatanga, Brian; Neilson, Sue J. – Research in Drama Education, 2021
Nurses and actors both require the ability to demonstrate empathy in their practice. Mastering communication skills and techniques can inform an empathetic response. This skill is particularly important for nurses working in paediatric palliative and end of life care but there is lack of consensus whether empathy can be taught. The process an…
Descriptors: Empathy, Drama, Communication Skills, Pediatrics
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Nooshin Shakiba; Karyn Stapleton – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2024
Swearing uses language forms that are taboo and potentially offensive. These are often used for emotional expression. Multilingual research shows that because the first language retains most emotional force (Dewaele [2004]. "The Emotional Force of Swearwords and Taboo Words in the Speech of Multilinguals." "Journal of Multilingual…
Descriptors: Immigrants, Indo European Languages, Native Language, Language Usage
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Porto, Melina; Byram, Michael – Language, Culture and Curriculum, 2022
Recent articles on the problems of 'locus of enunciation' have focused on research and publication as well as on theoretical development of the concept. It is an issue in teaching and learning too, and this is the focus of this article which argues that to reject teaching approaches in 'the South' because they come from 'the North' is, first,…
Descriptors: Intercultural Communication, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Teaching Methods
Robson, James; Holgate, Ben; Randhawa, Ashmita – Centre on Skills, Knowledge and Organisational Performance (SKOPE), 2021
This short report is a summary of the findings from "Storycraft: The Importance of Narrative and Narrative Skills in Business." This ground-breaking report reveals how prominent business leaders in the United Kingdom view and utilise narrative as an integral part of doing business. Based on extensive interviews with 34 business leaders,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Story Telling, Business, Job Skills
Robson, James; Holgate, Ben; Randhawa, Ashmita – Centre on Skills, Knowledge and Organisational Performance (SKOPE), 2021
Narrative skills are fundamental and indispensable in business in the twenty-first century. The ability to devise, craft, and deliver a successful narrative is not only a pre-requisite for any Chief Executive Officer (CEO) or senior executive, but is also increasingly becoming necessary for employees in any organisation. This ground-breaking…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Story Telling, Business, Job Skills