Why are second language learners in Japan's universities so silent? This book investigates the perplexing but intriguing phenomenon of classroom silence and draws on ideas from psychology, sociolinguistics and anthropology to offer a unique insight into the reasons why some learners are either unable or unwilling to speak in a foreign language.

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University of Leicester, UK

Jim King

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Jim King is a lecturer in the School of Education, University of Leicester, UK. A Post-doctoral Fellow of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS), he worked for a number of years in Japan as a lecturer, researcher and teacher trainer.

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Book Title: Silence in the Second Language Classroom
Authors: Jim King
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137301482
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Palgrave Language & Linguistics Collection, Education (R0)
Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2013
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-30147-5Published: 31 October 2013
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-45357-3Published: 01 January 2013
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-30148-2Published: 31 October 2013
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 211
Topics: Language Teaching, Teaching and Teacher Education, English, Applied Linguistics, Language Education

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