Silence in Second Language Learning: A Psychoanalytic Reading

Colette A. Granger

Published by Multilingual Matters 2004

Silence in Second Language Learning

A Psychoanalytic Reading

Colette A. Granger

In the series Second Language Acquisition

https://doi.org/10.21832/9781853596995

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About this book

This book claims that the silent period represents a psychical event, a non-linguistic as well as linguistic moment in the continuous process of identity formation and reformation. It calls on psychoanalytic concepts to undertake a dialogue with the learner as a being engaged in the psychical work of making an identity.

Author / Editor information

Colette Granger works in the Faculty of Education at York University in Toronto, Canada. Her research explores issues in several areas of education, including second language learning, teacher education and new technologies. Guiding all her work is an overarching question about the ways in which broad social goals, institutional and curricular objectives, and the internal worlds of the individual participants in education collide and at times disrupt one another. This is her first book.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Foreword Philip Riley Publicly Available Download PDF	vi
Acknowledgements Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
Introduction. Silence in Second Language Learning: A Present Absence Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Chapter 1. Averting the Gaze: Silence in Second Language Acquisition Research Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	14
Chapter 2. Changing the Subject: Psychoanalytic Theory, Silence and the Self Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	40
Chapter 3. Looking and Looking Again: Memoirs of Second Language Learning Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	64
Chapter 4. Reading Between the Lines: Language Learner Diaries Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	89
Chapter 5. Taking the Hint: Working with Silence Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	108
References Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	126
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	135

Language: English
Publisher: Multilingual Matters
Pages
- Main content: 152
Keywords: Second Language Acquisition; SLA; silent period; silence; second language learning; foreign language learning; L2 self

eBook

Published: February 16, 2004
ISBN: 9781853596995