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Saudi Students’ Communication Experiences in the American College Classroom Context

Tawakoul, Alaa Jamal

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2018, Master of Arts, University of Akron, Communication.
This study investigated the classroom communication climate in terms of students’ information seeking behavior, communication apprehension, instructor immediacy and students’ perception of their instructor. Quantitative data were collected using an online survey. Participants were 185 (132 males and 52 females) at different educations level. Results indicated that Saudi students used an overt strategy in the American college classroom. Overt strategies involve direct interaction between the student and the instructor, and monitoring strategies involve indirect, third party, testing, and observing. There was a significant relation between communication apprehension and the information seeking strategies. Also, there was a significant relation between the instructor's perceived immediacy and information seeking strategy. However, Saudi students are going to use overt strategy when they feel less communication apprehension and when the perceived instructor show immediacy in the American classroom.
Dudley Turner, Dr. (Advisor)
Andrew Rancer, Dr. (Committee Member)
Kathleen Clark, Dr. (Committee Member)
Heather Walter, Dr. (Committee Chair)
Linda Subich, Dr. (Other)
Chand Midha, Dr. (Other)
60 p.

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  • Tawakoul, A. J. (2018). Saudi Students’ Communication Experiences in the American College Classroom Context [Master's thesis, University of Akron]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=akron1545389393941488

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Tawakoul, Alaa. Saudi Students’ Communication Experiences in the American College Classroom Context. 2018. University of Akron, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=akron1545389393941488.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Tawakoul, Alaa. "Saudi Students’ Communication Experiences in the American College Classroom Context." Master's thesis, University of Akron, 2018. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=akron1545389393941488

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)