ABSTRACT
In this chapter, the author explores the notion by reporting on a study that analyses how space is constructed in an English class situated within a juvenile detention centre in Minas Gerais, southeast Brazil. How can the physical and discursive space of an English classroom located within an incarcerated context shed light on the roles, rules and production of meaning established in this particular educational setting? He addresses this question by examining the ongoing interactions between a teacher and students during an English class. The author aims to offer the field of applied linguistics a broad understanding of the nature of the teaching and learning of English within this space as well as the roles teachers and students play in the unique educational practice. The incarcerated space in which the teaching and learning of English is formulated is then confused due to the Effect of Suspension that resists and persists.
