Abstract
Incivilities
are
words
and
actions
that
may
be
perceived
as
impolite.
This
article
reports
a
study
of
perceptions
of
and
experiences
with
incivilities
during
group
activities
in
English
class.
Participants
were
119
students
at
a
women’s
university
in
Japan.
They
completed
the
Pair/Groupwork
Incivility
Scale,
a
Japanese-‐language
instrument,
which
asked
participants
to
rate
17
behaviors
as
to
how
uncivil
the
behaviors
are
and
how
frequently
they
had
experienced
the
behaviors.
The
results
suggested
that
the
average
severity
of
uncivil
behaviors
was
significantly
negatively
correlated
with
the
reported
average
frequency
of
these
uncivil
behaviors.
Limitations
of
the
current
study
and
suggestions
for
future
research
are
discussed.