Title
Teacher immediacy and classroom communication apprehension: A cross-cultural investigation
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2005
Abstract
The present study investigates classroom communication apprehension in relation to perceived teacher verbal and nonverbal immediacy in Chinese and US college classrooms. The objectives of this study are three-fold: to compare classroom communication apprehension and perceived teacher verbal and nonverbal immediacy, and to examine the impact of teacher immediacy on classroom communication apprehension in Chinese and US college classrooms. This study reports three major findings, including (a) Chinese students have a significantly higher classroom communication apprehension than their US counterparts, (b) Chinese student perceptions of teacher verbal immediacy are significantly higher than US student perceptions, but their perceptions of teacher nonverbal immediacy are not significantly different, and (c) classroom communication apprehension is correlated negatively with US student perceptions of teacher nonverbal immediacy, but not with verbal immediacy; classroom communication apprehension is not correlated negatively with Chinese student perceptions of teacher verbal and nonverbal immediacy.
Repository Citation
Zhang, Qin, "Teacher immediacy and classroom communication apprehension: A cross-cultural investigation" (2005). Communication Faculty Publications. 33.
https://digitalcommons.fairfield.edu/communications-facultypubs/33
Published Citation
Zhang, Qin (2005). "Teacher immediacy and classroom communication apprehension: A cross-cultural investigation." Journal of Intercultural Communication Research, 34(1), 50-64.
Comments
Copyright 2005 Taylor and Francis
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