Steven Connor’s book Giving Way begins with a list of unappreciated qualities, the first which is capitalised: ‘SILENCE’. Shyness, reserve, withdrawal and holding back accompany silence in long sentence ‘tend to be marked disapproval, sympathy or revulsion’, some are, as Connor notes, ‘characterized mental disorder, form social anxiety phobia’ (Connor 2019: 1). Silence often seen lack agency, a...

The authors examined social capital, self-esteem, popularity, need for accessibility to friends, and stress as gendered predictors of cyber technology use in 149 undergraduates. The authors investigated four kinds of cyber technology use: social networking, texting, internet surfing, and MP3 player listening. Stress was the most consistent predictor of cyber technology use in men (social networ...

Learning a foreign language is a challenging process in which learners need motivation and encouragement through the use of modern techniques. The present paper investigates the effects digital stories may have on Iranian pre-intermediate EFL learners’ listening comprehension. To this end, the researchers carried out a quasi-experimental research in a language institution in Tabriz (Iran). In t...