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

Abstract

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 samegender 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.

Male and Female Language Features in a Star Is Born Movie

“…The lead male and female in this movie showed that there are numerous differences in using language features based on a certain situation. The differences of the use of language by male and female or different gender were also found by Haas (1979), Mulac, et all (1985Mulac, et all ( , 2006, Tepper & Cassidy (1999), Varol & Yilmaz (2010), Gu (2013), andKenneth (2017). In this movie, both lead male and female characters use adjective feature to show their appreciation on the song that they made.…”

Communication Strategies In The Interaction Between Filipino And Korean Females

“…Therefore, the use of fillers by the participants in the conversations may stem not just as a need to stall for time to think, but also to continue the flow of conversation. Furthermore, this study supports Opina's (2017) claim that fillers fill in the silences or gaps in interactions. These suggest why fillers were noticeable in each interaction.…”

“…Females tend to be cooperative in interactions. Females "adhere to a more cooperative speech style" (Chaves as cited in Opina, 2017). Overall, the communication strategies and the characteristics of female speech were used for genuine interaction among the participants.…”

“…While there have been local researches that studied Koreans living in the Philippines, these studies focused on English as a Second Language (ESL) within the context of classroom and student-teacher interaction. Few studies have been conducted on female speech in the Philippines (Constantino, 2013;Opina, 2017) as these described the differences in linguistic behavior of men and women. This present study then attempted to fill the research gap in patterns of oral communication of Koreans and other Asian nationalities with Filipinos.…”

Culture-Shaped Language of Male and Female Writers:

“…Based on gender, men and women are said to use the language differently (Opina, 2017;Vogel, Lopes, & Esposito, 2017;Zhu & Ruan, 2019;Coats, 2019;Wightman, 2020). The sexes often speak virtually different languages, which Tannen (in Mamona, Rubab, Akbar, 2020) has addressed as report talk versus rapport talk.…”