A cross-cultural comparison of instructor communication in American and German classrooms

Communication Education

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 1-14

  Roach, K David ^a   Byrne, Paul R ^a,b  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Humble High School   (United States)

Author keywords

Affective learning; Affinity seeking; Cognitive learning; Instructor power; Nonverbal immediacy; Student ratings of instruction

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035586625     PISSN: 03634523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03634520109379228     Document Type: Article

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