This study investigates reticence in the EFL (English as a Foreign Language) classroom in a Taiwanese context. Drawing on theories and methods from several academic disciplines, this book explores the issue of reticence in the classroom via mitigation through cultural simulation techniques. An experimental and control group technique is used to determine how and why students may overcome reticence and then cope with future real-life language applications. This book demonstrates the possible significance of cultural affect in the teaching of a targeted language to a non-native student...