Can teachers know learners' minds? Teacher empathy and learner body language in English language teaching

Empathy has often been associated with how people come to know the minds of others. Theory of mind (ToM) proposes that through social cognition people make unique inferences about unobservable mental states such as intentions, goals and beliefs. This chapter explores the association between teacher...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: McAlinden, Maggie
Other Authors: Dunworth, K.
Format: Book Chapter
Published: Springer 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/21655