Signótica (Dec 2012)

STUDENTS’ SPONTANEOUS SMILE IN EFL CLASSROOM

  • Daniela Gomes de Araújo Nóbrega

DOI
https://doi.org/10.5216/sig.v24i2.17248
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 24, no. 2
pp. 449 – 467

Abstract

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

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