INTERPERSONAL RELATIONSHIP

VOCABULARY

Read through the sentences below, which are missing vocabulary from the lecture. Listen to the sentences
and write the missing words in the blanks.

1. Communication can take the form of talk, or it can take the form of …………………….., or nonverbal signals
of one kind or another.

2. Many ………………………… study the topic of communication in general, and speech communication
specifically, in order to learn how individuals send and …………………….. messages.

3. One area of research in ………………………… communication is the study of the influence of the
………………………… or environment, on the success or failure of communication.

4. When you are asked to picture a classroom in your ………………………… eye, what do you see?

5. The “classroom” as we know it, by the way, is a relatively recent …………………………….

6. In particular, culture influences the …………………………… that take place in the classroom setting, and the
ways that students participate in the classroom ……………………….

7. Rituals are ………………………… procedures used to perform a certain act or to communicate a certain
message.

8. In some graduate-level seminars in American universities, students do not make any physical signs when they
want to speak; they state their ideas whenever they feel the ……………………

9. North American students from families of European ……………………….. are usually more talkative in class
and more willing to state their opinions than are students of American Indian or ………………………. from Asian
backgrounds.

10. The ………………………… in which teachers are held also varies from culture to culture.