Silence in Second Language Acquistion : A Psychoanalytic Reading.
Title:
Silence in Second Language Acquistion : A Psychoanalytic Reading.
Author:
Granger, Colette A.
ISBN:
9781853596995
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Edition:
1st ed.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (152 pages)
Series:
Second Language Acquisition S.
Contents:
Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction: Silence in Second Language Learning: A Present Absence -- Chapter 1: Averting the Gaze: Silence in Second Language Acquisition Research -- Chapter 2: Changing the Subject: Psychoanalytic Theory, Silence and the Self -- Chapter 3: Looking and Looking Again: Memoirs of Second Language Learning -- Chapter 4: Reading Between the Lines: Language Learner Diaries -- Chapter 5 Taking the Hint: Working with Silence -- References -- Index.
Abstract:
This text examines the under-researched and often troubling phenomenon of silence in second language learning through a triangulation of SLA research, memoirs and language learner diaries, and psychoanalytic concepts of anxiety, ambivalence, conflict and loss.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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