Korean students of Spanish and communicative reticence. Myth or reality?

In the last few decades, researchers have discussed Asian students' passiVeness and reticence in English as Foreign Language classrooms. Nevertheless, there are few articles on this topic in Spanish as a Foreign Language field. In this paper, we analyze the reticence of pregraduate Korean students of SFL, applying quantitative methodology. hi this regard, using the Reticence Scale 12, we conducted a survey with 200 students. The statistical data indicate not only the reasons why students are reticent but any anticipated, relationship among gender, proficiency and reticence.