Listen to the Silences: Mexican American Interaction in the Composition Classroom and the Community

by Bloomsbury Academic

Overview

This study of not only the silence, but the silencing of Mexican American Students in one California community college holds lessons for all educators-of all students at all levels. A profoundly important book.

Courtney B. Cazden

Charles William Eliot Professor of Education (Emerita),
Harvard Graduate School of Education

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781567502695
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	12/01/1996
Series:	Second Language Learning Series
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	254
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.53(d)

About the Author

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Table of Contents

Cultural Difference, Classroom Interaction, and Silence
Studying Silence in Context, A History of Silencing
Student and Teacher Voices
The Social Construction of Silence: Course Assignments
The Social Construction of Silence: Classroom Talk
"Listen to the Silences"