Definitions for "SILENT PERIOD"
A period during which management and major shareholders of a listed company are prohibited from selling their securities. They are also required to lodge their share or securities certificates in a depository during the silent period. According to the SET, the silent period is normally a period of 6 months from the first day that the stocks were allowed to trade. The silent period, however, may be longer than 6 months, but at most 3 years.
Refers to a language learner's initial pre-production stage of language development. May range from a few weeks with secondary students to an entire school year with some pre-school and kindergarten aged children.
A period of one day to one year in which the ELL does not speak. Usually students at Stage I: Preproduction have a silent period in which they are listening and “absorbing” the language. Before producing it. The silent period varies from culture to culture.