Abstract

LEME, Renata Coradi  and  PEREIRA, Maria Eliza Mazzilli. Verbal correspondence: the relationship between teacher's verbal and non verbal behavior. Acta comport. [online]. 2012, vol.20, n.1, pp. 71-85. ISSN 0188-8145.

Verbal correspondence deals with the relationship between what a person says and does. This study aimed to investigate the correspondence between verbal and nonverbal behavior of teachers' classrooms. Two sixth grade teachers participated in the study. Four of the first teacher and five of the second teacher´s classes were filmed and then transcribed. Based on the transcriptions, questionnaires were prepared, which presented approximately ten scenes observed in the classroom, each of them followed by a question about what the teacher would do/had done in that situation. The results showed that the teachers more often than not presented correspondent reports, particularly when the questions were about past behavior. Because the study was in natural environment could not be treated simply as corresponding or non-corresponding verbal and nonbehavior. It was necessary to differentiate between functional and topographical correspondence and between total and partial correspondence, for better understanding of the diversity of cases that were presented.

Keywords : verbal correspondence; Correspondence say-do; Verbal behavior.

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