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Abstract section 3: Content/method
A questionnaire with Likert scales and free-response questions was distributed to students (N = 292) at colleges and universities (n = 7) throughout Japan. To ensure that the data could justifiably be pooled, each Likert scale question was subjected to a one-way ANOVA test. The free-response questions were thematically analyzed and grouped by theme. The current proposal will focus on the free-response data.
Abstract section 2: Contribution/research questions
• Do students perceive cultural differences in the emotional displays of their native English-speaking and native Japanese-speaking instructors?
• If so, to what extent do these differences cause discomfort?
• What reasons do students give for their responses?
Abstract section 1: Relevance
L2 instructors in Japan frequently come from different sociolinguistic backgrounds from their students, as well as from their Japanese colleagues. How students perceive these differences and possible reasons for these perceptions are highly relevant to L2 teaching practice.
Abstract section 4: Outcomes/results
The majority of respondents did perceive differences in their instructors’ emotional displays, but did not express discomfort with their foreign instructors’ emotional display rules. On the contrary, many said that they enjoyed the cultural differences.
The implications of this for teaching practice, and possible explanations for these responses, will be explored in the presentation.
Abstract section 5: References
Matsumoto, D. (1990). Cultural similarities and differences in display rules. Motivation and emotion, 14(3), 195-214.
| Title | An Intercultural Perspective on Emotional Display: Students’ |
|---|---|
| Teaching Context | College and university education |