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• Title:
  The role of non-verbal communication in second language learner and native speaker discourse
• Creator:
  Kałuska, Angelika
• Contributor:
  University of Łódź;
  Angelika Kałuska is an M.A. student, a member of the PsychoLinguistic Open Team and a writing tutor in the English wRiting Improvement Center at the University of Łódź, Faculty of Philology. Her research interests include psychology, psycholinguistics and learner differences.
• Description:
  It is undeniable that non-verbal signals exert a profound impact on communication. Many researchers proved that people, when they are hesitating, analyze non-verbal signals to comprehend the meaning of a message (Allen, 1999), because they prioritize non-verbal aspects of communication over the verbal ones. The role of non-verbal communication is much more profound when native/non-native discourse is taken into consideration (Allen, 1999; Gregersen, 2007). The aim of the present paper is to analyze non-verbal communication of a native speaker and a second language learner. The main emphasis is put especially on the differences between the non-verbal signals of second language learners and native speakers. Some of these differences may disturb or prevent the interlocutors from conveying a message in learner/native speaker discourse (Marsh et al., 2003) so it is necessary to raise awareness of cultural differences and underline the tremendous role of non-verbal communication in second language learning. Furthermore, the present paper also covers some suggestions for foreign language teachers in order to improve their knowledge of the body language of their learners in the target language and help them to raise awareness of the significance of non-verbal communication in second language discourse.
• Object availability:
  free access
• Rights:
  © Copyright by Uniwersytet Łódzki, Łódź 2013
• Date:
  2015.12.07;
  2013
• Type:
  Book chapter
• Language:
  English
• Format:
  application/pdf
• Publisher:
  Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego
• Relation:
  „PLEJ_2 czyli PsychoLingwistyczne Eksploracje Językowe”, red. O. Majchrzak, Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, Łódź 2013;
• Subject:
  non-verbal communication;
  learner/native speaker discourse;
  cross-cultural communication
• Identifier:
  A. Kałuska, The role of non-verbal communication in second language learner and native speaker discourse, [w:] PLEJ_2 czyli PsychoLingwistyczne Eksploracje Językowe”, red. O. Majchrzak, Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, Łódź 2013, s. 217-230.;
  978-83-7969-036-7;
  http://hdl.handle.net/11089/15153
• Data provider:
  Repozytorium Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego
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• Type:
  text