Frontmatter -- Contents -- Figures -- Tables -- Contributors -- Acknowledgements -- Foreword: The Song of Silence -- 1. East Asian Perspectives on Silence in English Language Education: An Introduction -- 2. Silence, Talk and In-betweens: East Asian Students' Responses to Task Challenge in an Australian University -- 3. Approaches to Interacting with Classroom Silence: The Role of Teacher Talk -- 4. Silence and Anxiety in the English-Medium Classroom of Japanese Universities: A Longitudinal Intervention Study -- 5. Examining L2 Learners' Silent Behaviour and Anxiety in the Classroom Using an Approach Based on Cognitive- Behavioural Theory -- 6. Communicative Language Teaching and Silence: Chinese (Pre-service) Teachers' Perspectives -- 7. Silence in Japanese Classrooms: Activities and Factors in Capacities to Speak English -- 8. Willing Silence and Silent Willingness to Communicate (WTC) in the Chinese EFL Classroom: A Dynamic Systems Perspective -- 9. Conclusion: Silence in EFL Classrooms Revisited -- Index