Research Catalog

Title

Silence in the second language classroom / Jim King.

Author

King, Jim, 1974-

Publication

Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2013.

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Description

xii, 211 pages; 23 cm

Summary

"Why are second language learners in Japan's universities so silent? Using an innovative mixed-methods research approach, Jim King investigates the perplexing but intriguing phenomenon of classroom silence. With its exciting new conceptual framework of Dynamic Systems Theory, Silence in the Second Language Classroom offers a unique insight into the true complexity behind why some learners are either unable or unwilling to speak in a foreign language. This highly interdisciplinary book draws on ideas from fields such as psychology, sociolinguistics and anthropology, and delves deeply into themes relating to Japanese society and the country's education system. Written in an accessible and engaging style, this timely volume will be of interest to researchers, students of educational and applied linguistics, language education policy makers and, indeed, anyone who has ever taught"--

Subject

• Language and languages > Study and teaching > Japan
• Second language acquisition
• Linguistics > Study and teaching > Japan
• English language > Japan
• Language and culture > Japan
• Classroom management
• Silence
• EDUCATION / General
• EDUCATION / Bilingual Education
• FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY / English as a Second Language
• Classroom management
• English language
• Language and culture
• Language and languages
• Language and languages > Study and teaching
• Linguistics > Study and teaching
• Second language acquisition
• Silence
• Second language acquisition > Japan
• LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > General
• English language
• Language and culture
• Language and languages
• Language and languages > Study and teaching
• Linguistics > Study and teaching
• Japan > Languages
• Japan

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Machine generated contents note: -- Foreword by Zoltn ; -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Major Theoretical Frameworks of Silence -- 3. An Interdisciplinary Overview of Silence in Japan -- 4. A Critical Analysis of Japan's Language Education System -- 5. A Structured Observation Study into L2 Classroom Silence -- 6. An Interview Study Into Learners' Perspectives on L2 Classroom Silence -- 7. A Naturalistic Stimulated Recall Study of Specific Silence Events -- 8. Summary and Conclusions -- Appendices.

ISBN

• 9781137301475 (hardback)
• 1137301473 (hardback)

LCCN

^^2013021276

OCLC

• 842208484
• SCSB-11874024

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library