Students’ spontaneous smile in the EFL classroom - doi: 10.4025/actascilangcult.v34i2.15352

Daniela Gomes de Araújo Nobrega

doi:10.4025/actascilangcult.v34i2.15352

Students’ spontaneous smile in the EFL classroom - doi: 10.4025/actascilangcult.v34i2.15352

Authors

Daniela Gomes de Araújo Nobrega Universidade Estadual da Paraiba

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4025/actascilangcult.v34i2.15352

Keywords:

interaction, nonverbal element, oral production

Abstract

This article discusses the importance of the students’ spontaneous smile in the EFL classroom interaction and its implication for their oral production. The findings proved that the students’ spontaneous smile served as a fundamental interactive nonverbal sign as it not only favors a closer relation among students, but also helps them in the co-construction of oral activities in group work. Summing up, the students’ spontaneous smile appeared to be a nonverbal indicative of proximity and increasing oral interaction among them.

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Author Biography

Daniela Gomes de Araújo Nobrega, Universidade Estadual da Paraiba

Tem experiência na área de Letras, com ênfase em Língua Inglesa, principalmente nos seguintes temas: leitura, ensino/aprendizagem, Psicolinguística, Linguística Aplicada e Práticas Discursivas em sala de aula, enfatizando nos Elementos Não-verbais na Interação em sala de aula. Pertencente a área de Línguística aplicada em ensino/aprendizagem de língua inglesa, do Departamento de Letras e Artes da Universidade Estadual da Paraiba, Campina Grande, Paraiba. Currículo Lattes

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Published

2012-08-10

Issue

Vol. 34 No. 2 (2012)

Section

Linguistics

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How to Cite

Nobrega, D. G. de A. (2012). Students’ spontaneous smile in the EFL classroom - doi: 10.4025/actascilangcult.v34i2.15352. Acta Scientiarum. Language and Culture, 34(2), 233-240. https://doi.org/10.4025/actascilangcult.v34i2.15352