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The Role of Communicative Climate in Building Community

The Role of Communicative Climate in Building Community. Student experience FSEM goal: solid academic preparation Retention. Awareness of Own Role in Building Community.

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The Role of Communicative Climate in Building Community

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  1. The Role of Communicative Climate in Building Community • Student experience • FSEM goal: solid academic preparation • Retention

  2. Awareness of Own Role in Building Community • Enabling students to metacommunicate own roles as classroom community builders. (See J.R. Gibb, "Defensive Communication," Journal of Communication 11 (September 1961): 141)

  3. Evaluation Control Strategy Neutrality Superiority Certainty Support Problem-orientation Spontaneity Empathy Equality Provisionalism Gibb’s Defensive Supportive Climate behaviors

  4. Building an inclusive learning environment for diverse students • Knowledge – Awareness is first step • Behavior – Socio-economic status, student background (first to attend college? social skills in how to disagree, how to express oneself, when to jump in?) • Affect – Reluctance, apprehension, anxiety due to social marginalization (ethnic groups, SES, novelty, cultural norms)

  5. Building an Inclusive Climate (Cont.) • According to experience of ESL students, American peers may need some guidance on how to be more accepting of diverse others • Model and encourage behaviors that foster a supportive climate

  6. What worked to help exchange students feel welcome in the U.S. classroom? • professor acknowledged language difficulties of ESL students and offered to help; • gave early feedback on linguistic skills which in turn gave them confidence to share their ideas; • provided small group tasks designed to problem-solve together; • gave opportunity to share culture (after checking comfort level of student); • posted on-line discussion boards in which ESL students could participate more readily

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