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Semi-formal

Casual

Formal

Group 3

Location: Outside the Grand Hall

Targets: Five (five local men, mid-thirties to sixties)

Group 2

Location: SLC

Targets: Four (local Chinese, three girls, one boy)

  • Politics, national issues, girls
  • Presumed Context: Casual chit-chat session between friends
  • Meta-communication:
  • Hand gestures e.g. content- form a box with hands
  • The oldest man hit the table while saying, 'No! I represent all...' after being asked by another man whether he represented something
  • "She sell unit trust is it? She sell then of course la!" + hand gesture
  • Informal setting
  • Average usage of meta-communication

Lunch @ Grub Bistro

Club Meeting @ SLC

Chit-chat Outside Grand Hall

  • What to sell for a charity event + pricing
  • Club members meeting
  • Meta-communication:
  • See: One girl was glaring and eyeing another from head to toe. Later on, she disagreed with a price the short-haired girl suggested
  • Hear: "Yes, like I said, I was talking about this..." *"Do you know what I mean?" "I understand what you say, but others are selling bigger portions."
  • Semi-formal setting
  • Meta-communication was mostly verbal

Group Discussion @ Library

Lunch @ Face-to-Face

Group 5

Location: Library

Targets: Five (Two boys: one local, one foreigner; three local girls)

Conclusion

Group 4

Location: Face-to-Face

Targets: Three (One young Korean man, one old local Chinese man, one young Indian woman)

  • Math questions
  • Classmates having group study
  • Meta-communication:
  • Verbal cues (mainly by the male 'tutor'):
  • "Do you understand?" before going in depth
  • "Why don't you take a seat?" when a girl kept talking nonsense
  • "Are you trying to say this?" when the girls did not understand what the local boy meant
  • Others:
  • Two girls who were talking to each other: "Cakap BM dia tak faham" and they laughed
  • One boy said, "I'm on a diet." followed by a laugh
  • Semi-formal setting (peer teaching session)
  • meta-communication was largely demonstrated verbally

Group 1

Location: Grub Bistro

Targets: Four (2 local Chinese boys, 2 foreigners)

Meta-communication frequency

  • Food, traveling, politics, safety issues
  • Lecturer having lunch with his students
  • Meta-communication:
  • Actions: The Korean man used hand gestures
  • Tone of voice: "There are SO many speed traps!"
  • Facial expression: The Korean man showed a scared expression while saying, "That time I was very scared."
  • Others: A slight laugh to show that they are kidding (The Korean man suggested chasing after the robbers instead of calling the police then he laughed)
  • Informal setting
  • Much meta-communication was noticed
  • Main topics: Cockroaches; how good their lunch was
  • Predicted Context: Classmates having lunch (maybe after class)
  • Meta-communication:
  • use of objects to tell the story about the cockroach
  • verbal cues: "Have you tried this before?" followed by "As I was saying..."
  • Conversational topics; informal setting
  • The four talked to each other a lot, except when they were eating
  • Minimum meta-communication was noticed

Formality of setting

Meta-communication

communication about communication, which can be nonverbal or verbal.

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