Abstract
I am approaching this article from the viewpoint of an ordinary human being, condemned to live in the 21st century – and of a language teaching practitioner. I have no pretensions to academic scholarship, nor to research into silence, so this will be a purely personal view.I will first examine the negative effects that loss of silence has had on us as individuals and society. I will then suggest some ways in which we can palliate these effects in our individual lives. Finally, I will discuss the value of silence in learning (with a focus on language learning) and suggest some ways we might incorporate positive aspects of silence in our teaching.
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