Conversational Narcissism in the Classroom

Conversational Narcissism in the Classroom In the Introduction to Linguistics class last week, Professor Ivanoff asked if the students had any questions about the material he had just discussed in his lecture. The preceding lecture covered marked words (words that clearly define or describe only one object). A student who seemed confused asked Professor Ivanoff how the use of marked words was connected to our study of Linguistics. A student said, "Everyone knows that when …

…and in turn the professor will be listened to by the student. If dialogue were present in the classroom structure students and professors would be able to interact fairly and in a respectful manner of each other. Dialogue would make the learning experience for the students more comfortable and the job of the professor more rewarding. Conversational Narcissism, as we have seen, hinders that process of dialogue and should be eliminated from the student-professor relationship.