Rethinking Silence: Contextual Understanding of Oral Participation in an L2 Academic Classroom

• 발행기관: 한국사회언어학회
• 저자명: Myung-Jeong Ha
• 간행물 정보: 『사회언어학』제18권 1호, 165~191쪽, 전체 27쪽
• 주제분류: 어문학 > 언어학
• 파일형태: PDF
• 발행일자: 2010.06.30

영문 초록

Ha, Myung -Jeong. 2010. Rethinking Silence: Contextual Understanding of Oral Participation in an L2 Academic Classroom The Sociolinguistic joumal oJ Korea 18(J). This article is a response to the need for a more nuanced understanding of the silence and talk concems of participants with Asian and American backgrounds in relation to c1ass participation. Although the silence of students from Asian culture in English- dominant education has been widely di scussed in the L2 literature, a comparative approach to silence of Asian and Arnerican students in academic courses is scarce. By attempting to deconstruct dichotomizing trends of thinking about cl ass roαn silence embedded in cultural differences, this study aims to position dialogic negotiations of differences on the fault line in between cultures. Using data from students' essays and classroαn observation over a semester, I compare and contrast perceptions of oral participatioll in an L2 acadernic class. I discuss what common expectations both groups have regarding oral participation and the differing attitudes they have toward silence and willingness to communicate. My discussion implies the need to remap dichotornizing ideas about East versus West and to foml a pedagogically appropriate response to silence in increasingly intercultural academic commumtles.

목차

Ⅰ. lntroduction

Ⅱ. Literature Review

Ⅲ. Method

Ⅳ. Findings and Discussions

Ⅴ. Conclusion and Implications

키워드

silence politeness willingness to communicate oral participation