CONTENTS -- LIST OF FIGURES -- LIST OF TABLES -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- CHAPTER 1: PRIMING THE CANVAS -- PERCEPTIONS OF THE SILENT PERIOD -- A LINGUISTIC PERSPECTIVE ON THE SILENT PERIOD -- SUKI'S SILENCE -- MOVING FORWARD TWO YEARS -- HOW THE AUTHOR FITS INTO THE STUDY -- ANYOR 'MEETS' SUKI: AN ETHNOGRAPHIC ACCOUNT -- THE CONNECTION -- SELECTIVE MUTISM -- CHAPTER 2: PAINTING THE BACKDROP -- INTRODUCTION -- THE DEVELOPMENT OF SOCIOCULTURAL THEORY -- LEARNING -- MEDIATION AND CULTURAL TOOLS -- ZPD, GUIDED PARTICIPATION AND SYNERGY -- SITUATED LEARNING -- COMMUNITIES OF PRACTICE -- LET'S GET MORE POSITIVE ABOUT THE TERM 'LURKER' - LEGITIMATE PERIPHERAL PARTICIPATION -- WHAT IS HAPPENING? -- REIFICATION -- LINGUISTIC PERSPECTIVES ON SECOND LANGUAGE ACQUISITION -- SOCIOCULTURAL INFLUENCES ON SLA -- LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT THROUGH THE MOTHER TONGUE -- COLOURS OF MOTHER TONGUE THINKING -- IDENTITY AND AGENCY -- AFFINITY SPACES AND MULTIMODAL THINKING -- TEACHING AND LEARNING IN, THROUGH AND BEYOND EARLY YEARS COMMUNITIES OF PRACTICE -- SOCIO-POLITICAL ISSUES: POLICY AND PRACTICE -- DISCUSSION -- CHAPTER 3: OILS OR WATER COLOURS? -- INTRODUCTION -- DEVELOPING A CONCEPTUAL DESIGN -- DEVELOPING A PHILOSOPHICAL PERSPECTIVE -- STEERING THE THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVE -- ETHNOGRAPHY -- ETHNOGRAPHIC METHODS -- THE SETTING -- REVISITING THE CHARACTERS -- CODE OF ETHICS -- SPECIFIC ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS -- PARTICIPANT OBSERVATION -- ALTERNATIVE WAYS OF LOOKING -- FIELD NOTES -- AUTO-ETHNOGRAPHY AND REFLEXIVITY -- UNSTRUCTURED INTERVIEWS -- VIGNETTES -- DIGITAL AND COMPUTER-AIDED TECHNOLOGY -- FRAMING THE ANALYSIS -- THEMATIC ANALYSIS -- CLASSIFICATION, CODING AND EMERGENT THEMES -- FILTERING -- SUMMARY -- CHAPTER 4: ATTENTION TO THE FINER DETAIL -- THEORETICAL RATIONALE -- THE KEY QUESTION EVOLVES -- Sample Analysis -- Sample Vignette 1 -- Sample Vignette 2.

Sample Vignette 3 -- TO PROCEED -- IN THE FIELD -- FORMALISING THE ANALYSIS -- THE FUNNELLING PROCESS -- Sample Vignette 4 -- VIGNETTE EVALUATION -- Sample Vignette 5 -- REVIEWING ANALYSIS -- CONCLUSION -- CHAPTER 5: REVEALING THE PORTRAIT -- INTRODUCTION -- THE FINAL VIGNETTES -- NICOLE -- KIMOTO -- TAMSIN -- ADYTA -- THE AUTHOR'S CONTRIBUTION -- SILENT PARTICIPATION -- SUMMARY -- CHAPTER 6: THE PUBLIC VIEWING -- SILENT PARTICIPATION THROUGH LEGITIMATE PERIPHERAL PARTICIPATION -- CLOSE OBSERVATION -- INTENSE LISTENING -- NOT 'JUST' COPYING -- LIMITATIONS OF THE STUDY -- Narratives Presented From Older, Primary Aged Children -- Additional Non-verbal Learning Pathways -- The Affective -- Assessment -- Socio-political Factors in Relation to Bilingual Learning -- SUMMARY: RESPECTING THE POWER OF THE UNSPOKEN BILINGUAL WORD -- CHAPTER 7: CLOSING THE EXHIBITION -- SYNTHESIS OF THE RESEARCH FINDINGS -- FURTHER INSIGHTS ENABLED BY SOCIOCULTURAL THEORY -- IMPLICATIONS FOR EARLY YEARS PEDAGOGY -- OPPORTUNITIES FOR FURTHER RESEARCH -- FINAL THOUGHTS -- APPENDICES -- APPENDIX 1: SUNITA'S LEARNING -- APPENDIX 2: SAM AND NAZ LEARN TO 'FIT IN' -- APPENDIX 3: EILEEN -- APPENDIX 4: ANEENA ON THE PERIPHERY -- APPENDIX 5: ADYTA'S LEARNING THROUGH SILENT PARTICIPATION -- 5.1 Adyta is Kneeling -- 5.2 Adyta Is Watching -- 5.3 It Is 'Tidy up' Time -- REFERENCES.