The conversation group: using group psychoanalytic techniques to resolve resistances of recently immigrated Chinese students to learning English in a high school setting.

Full Abstract

Does group psychoanalytic theory and technique have an application in an ordinary high school classroom? In this article, the writer describes a research project in which she attempts to answer this question by applying the techniques with a group of recently immigrated Chinese students who wished to improve their spoken English.

Author information

Author/s: Zaretsky, Sheila (S);

Affiliation: Center for Modern Psychoanalytic Studies, Academy of Clinical and Applied Psychoanalysis, Livingston, New Jersey, USA. zaretsky(-atsign-)concentric.net

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Comparative Study; Journal Article

Journal: International journal of group psychotherapy (Int J Group Psychother), published in United States. (Language: eng)

Reference: 2009-Jul; vol 59 (issue 3) : pp 335-56

Dates: Created 2009/06/24; Completed 2009/09/03;

PMID: 19548784, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 9/4/2009, IMS Date: )

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