REPORTS ON PROXEMICS IN A MULTICULTURAL CLASSROOM IN AUSTRALIA

Running head: PROXEMICS IN A MULTICULTURAL CLASSROOM IN AUSTRALIA
PROXEMICS IN A MULTICULTURAL CLASSROOM IN AUSTRALIA
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PROXEMICS IN A MULTICULTURAL CLASSROOM IN AUSTRALIA1
Abstract
Proxemics in a multicultural classroom is the various non-verbal communication methods
and technologies that are employed by students under the influence of the presence of other
people in the same environment. This research has taken a multicultural Australian classroom
into consideration in order to evaluate how the proxemics are displayed by the students in the
classroom, based on how closely in terms of physical space they interact with each other and
the extent to which they use various nonverbal communication strategies. The results display
that the majority of the participants maintain a personal and social level of interaction in the
class with very few instances of intimacy. Furthermore, they also displayed that during cross
cultural communication, the most frequently implemented practice is that of paralanguage
closely followed by kinesics and a few instances of haptics. Even though the sample size and
closed classroom space make it difficult to identify all the aspects of proxemics in display,
the research paves future paths for study in the same field and can be expanded to fit other
public spaces where diverse communities of people gather and interact.

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Table of Contents
Introduction................................................................................................................................2
Methods......................................................................................................................................3
Results and Discussion...............................................................................................................4
Conclusion..................................................................................................................................5