Philips, S. 1970

Philips, S. 1970

Reference
	Philips, Susan U. 1970. "Acquisition of rules for appropriate speech." In Alatis 1970. Interest level: general.

Summary
	Discusses different rules for appropriate speech usage in Indian and non-Indian cultures. Describes the consequences these differences have regarding the development of communicative competence for Indian children. Gives particular attention to structured speech events in a classroom, such as question-answer sessions. Indian children learn by
	observation-listening supervised participation, and private, self-initiated self-testing.

Evaluation
	Shows importance for teachers to know which learning style their students have, especially in a cross-cultural situation. Fear of speaking in front of a group is a general human problem, but it can be stronger in some cultures than in others (Warm Springs Indian Reservation in central Oregon).

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