What is the state of that which is not spoken? This book presents empirical research related to the phenomenon of reticence in the second language classroom, connecting current knowledge and theoretical debates in language learning and acquisition.  Why do language learners remain silent or exhibit reticence? In what ways can silence in the language learning […]

The third ISRS (International Society for Research on Solitude) Seminar took place on the 9th July 2021. Prof Amanda Fulford from the Edge Hill University presented the theme ‘Solitude: Encounter, Communion and Revealing in Shepherd and Thoreau’.  There were participants from Australia, Poland, the UK, and the USA. Professor Fulford by sharing her research on the two fascinating […]

Participants from nine countries (Canada, Ireland, Israel, Lithuania, Malta, Norway, Poland, UK, and USA) attended the second ISRS (International Society for Research on Solitude) Seminar on the 22nd April 2021. Dr Richard Cleveland presented the theme “Children and Silence”.  Richard is an associate professor and program director of the Counselor Education Program at Georgia Southern University, […]

Prof. Julian Stern from Bishop Grosseteste University (UK) and dr Małgorzata Wałejko from the University of Szczecin (Poland) are editors of the second volume of “Paedagogia Christiana” special edition (no 2/46 [2020]) entitled “Being Alone Together in Education”, which has just been published (the link to the online version of the journal: Vol 46, No […]