Beppu2017
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| BibType | ARTICLE |
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| Author(s) | Yuki Beppu |
| Title | Conversation Analysis of English Communication in a Multicultural Setting Class: How Students React and Debate |
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| Tag(s) | EMCA, EFL, Multicultural communication, Turn-taking |
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| Year | 2017 |
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| Journal | Bulletin of Tokyo University and Graduate School of Social Welfare |
| Volume | 3 |
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| Pages | 125-141 |
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Abstract
- In this study I compared difference of communication styles of Asian students and East European students in order
to guide students to be better communicators in English communication classrooms. It has been a while since we started to hear the waves of globalization in schools in Japan. It is not an exception for our institution, Tokyo University of Social Welfare, that now we recruit students not only from Asian countries, but also East European countries. It is often the case that English becomes the language to communicate among those international students. It has been observed that those international students communicate only in English if they are new comers and not having enough confidence to communicate in Japanese. In those opportunities to interact with students who are from Cambodia, Myanmar, Vietnam, China, Nepal, Poland and Bulgaria, they transfer their own cultural background and knowledge to communicate in English. In other words, there are certain differences in manners and ways to communicate. Drawing on conversation analysis (CA), the current study presents analysis of students’ utterances referring to turn-taking, sequence organization, lexical choice, and story telling. The study sought to find difference in utterances, reactions, and attitudes. For further discussion, the researcher suggests implications for language teaching as well as classroom practice in different English competence levels and culturally diverse students.
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