Limitations

This research project was very much a resource constraint pilot study. Due to the low number of participants, the findings do not necessarily provide conclusive evidence. Furthermore, we only gathered data on cultural differences and could not take into account other potentially relevant factors such as gender or age. Also, the setting of the experiments with student to student communication was very specific. Our findings may not be generalizable to other settings with different power dynamics, like student to teacher.

Furthermore, the experiments were done in English instead of the native languages of the participants. Hence, we do not know if the reaction would have been the same in a native to native settings. Another limitation was the fact that we could not analyze their body language, nor could we follow their eyes to notice whether they were making eye contact while we were interviewing them or if they were looking away.