Letting students speak, or be silent if they prefer

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Balchin, K. and Djedid, S. 2022. Letting students speak, or be silent if they prefer. Faversham, UK IATEFL.

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Authors	Balchin, K. and Djedid, S.
Abstract	Within different classroom activities, giving students time to think and respond is a common approach among teachers. But what happens when this time extends into uncomfortable silence or when the students seem unwilling to respond at all? This paper considers why students might decide to remain silent in language classes and the implications of this for teachers.
Keywords	Silent learners; Quiet learners; Language teaching; Language learning
Year	2022
Publisher	IATEFL
File	IATEFL Proceedings Submission.pdf File Access Level Open
Output status	Published
Print	2022
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Accepted	2021
Deposited	05 Sep 2022
Place of publication	Faversham, UK
Series	IATEFL Conference Selections 2021
ISBN	9781912588381

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