Understanding Silence and Reticence: Ways of Participating in Second Language Acquisition
What is the state of that which is not spoken? This book presents empirical research related to the phenomenon of reticence in the second language classroom, connecting current knowledge and theoretical debates in language learning and acquisition.

Why do language learners remain silent or exhibit reticence? In what ways can silence in the language learning classroom be justified? To what extent should learners employ or modify silence? Do quiet learners work more effectively with quiet or verbal learners? Looking at evidence from Australia, China, Japan, Korea, and Vietnam, the book presents research data on many internal and external forces that influence the silent mode of learning in contemporary education. This work gives the reader a chance to reflect more profoundly on cultural ways of learning languages.

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Understanding Silence and Reticence: Ways of Participating in Second Language Acquisition
What is the state of that which is not spoken? This book presents empirical research related to the phenomenon of reticence in the second language classroom, connecting current knowledge and theoretical debates in language learning and acquisition.

Why do language learners remain silent or exhibit reticence? In what ways can silence in the language learning classroom be justified? To what extent should learners employ or modify silence? Do quiet learners work more effectively with quiet or verbal learners? Looking at evidence from Australia, China, Japan, Korea, and Vietnam, the book presents research data on many internal and external forces that influence the silent mode of learning in contemporary education. This work gives the reader a chance to reflect more profoundly on cultural ways of learning languages.

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Understanding Silence and Reticence: Ways of Participating in Second Language Acquisition

Understanding Silence and Reticence: Ways of Participating in Second Language Acquisition

by Dat Bao
Understanding Silence and Reticence: Ways of Participating in Second Language Acquisition

Understanding Silence and Reticence: Ways of Participating in Second Language Acquisition

by Dat Bao

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What is the state of that which is not spoken? This book presents empirical research related to the phenomenon of reticence in the second language classroom, connecting current knowledge and theoretical debates in language learning and acquisition.

Why do language learners remain silent or exhibit reticence? In what ways can silence in the language learning classroom be justified? To what extent should learners employ or modify silence? Do quiet learners work more effectively with quiet or verbal learners? Looking at evidence from Australia, China, Japan, Korea, and Vietnam, the book presents research data on many internal and external forces that influence the silent mode of learning in contemporary education. This work gives the reader a chance to reflect more profoundly on cultural ways of learning languages.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781441128539
Publisher: Bloomsbury USA
Publication date: 02/25/2014
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 256
File size: 277 KB

About the Author

Dat Bao lectures in the Faculty of Education, Monash University, Australia and has worked closely with universities in the US, the UK, Thailand, Singapore and Vietnam.
Dat Bao lectures in the Faculty of Education, Monash University, Australia and has worked closely with universities in the US, the UK, Thailand, Singapore and Vietnam.

Table of Contents

Foreword
Acknowledgements

1: Repositioning silence
2: Australian perspectives on silence
3: Chinese perspectives on silence
4: Japanese perspectives on silence
5: Korean perspectives on silence
6: Philippine teachers' use of silence
7: Vietnamese perspectives on silence
8: Implications of silence for SLA and pedagogy
References
Index
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