LINGUISTIC SELF-SILENCING BETWEEN UNIVERSITY STUDENTS AND ITS PSYCHOLOGICAL EFFECT ON SELF-WORTH: A PAKISTANI UNIVERSITY QUALITATIVE STUDY
Abstract
This paper explores the phenomenon of linguistic self-silencing of university students in Pakistan, with a special focus on those learners who have a background in educational institutions of the public sector or have a regional-language background. The study is supported by a literature of qualitative data derived by semi-structured interviews and reflective journals of twenty-four people who were selected to discuss their results of four universities in the Punjab...
Fields of Study & Subjects
Multilingual Education and Policy
Linguistic and Sociocultural Studies
EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning
Publication details
- Journal / source
- Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
- Publication date
- 11 January 2026
- Language
- EN
- Document type
- Thesis