Verbal Communication Behaviors: How Male and Female University Students Interact in Gendered Talks

Kenneth G. Opina

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Verbal Communication Behaviors: How Male and Female University Students Interact in Gendered Talks

Kenneth G. Opina

Published in International Journal of Language and Linguistics (Volume 5, Issue 5)

Received: 4 July 2017 Accepted: 18 July 2017 Published: 16 August 2017

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Abstract

With the existence of language and gender studies emphasizing the male and female dichotomy in interactional strategies, this study aimed to investigate the verbal communication behaviors of language classroom mixed-gender and same-gender group conversations involving the same interlocutors. The transcribed data obtained from the three fifteen-minute recorded group interactions indicated that questions and expressions of agreement were the typical behaviors employed by the interlocutors. The results showed that aside from the gender of the interlocutor and the gender composition of the group, the nature of talk and the group size influence the use of particular behaviors. The findings have implications on providing a locally-acquired data on classroom peer talks in the field of language and gender.

Published in	International Journal of Language and Linguistics (Volume 5, Issue 5)
DOI	10.11648/j.ijll.20170505.13
Page(s)	135-142
Creative Commons	This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Mixed-Gender, Same-Gender, All-Male, All-Female, Peer Talk, Interactional Strategies

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Department of Communications, Linguistics, and Literature, University of San Carlos, Cebu City, Philippines

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