Social Class in Applied LinguisticsIn this ground breaking new book David Block proposes a new working definition of social class in applied linguistics. Traditionally, research on language and identity has focused on aspects such as race, ethnicity, nationality, gender, religion and sexuality. Political economy, and social class, as an identity inscription, have been undervalued. This book argues that increasing socioeconomic inequality, which has come with the consolidation of neoliberal policies and practices worldwide, requires changes in how we think about identity and proposes that social class should be brought to the fore as a key construct. Social Class in Applied Linguistics begins with an in-depth theoretical discussion of social class before considering the extent to which social class has been a key construct in three general areas of applied linguistics- sociolinguistics, bi/multilingualism and second language acquisition and learning research. Throughout the book, Block suggests ways in which social class might be incorporated into future applied linguistics research. A critical read for postgraduate students and researchers in the areas of applied linguistics, language education and TESOL. |
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... (ICREA) and works in the Department d'Anglès i Lingüís- tica at the Universitat de Lleida, Spain. He is co-author of Neoliberalism and Applied Linguistics (Routledge, 2012). This page intentionally left blank SOCIAL CLASS IN APPLIED ...
... applied linguistics / David Block . page cm . 1. Applied linguistics - Social aspects . 2. Language and languages - Study and teaching - Social aspects . 3. Language and languages - Study and teaching - Economic aspects . 4. Language ...
... sociolinguistics 73 4 Social class in bi/multilingualism research 110 5 Social class in second language acquisition and learning 146 Epilogue 164 Appendix 1: Goldthorpe's class categories 172 Appendix 2: NS-SEC analytic classes ...
... Applied Linguistics , presents a certain ambiguity . There is ' ' class ' as in ' classroom ' or group of students , which is very common in that part of applied linguistics that is devoted to second language acquisition and learning ...
... Applied Linguistics (Kaplan, 2002), as follows: By the close of the 1980s, a common trend was to view applied linguistics as incorporating many subfields (as indicated earlier) and as drawing on many supporting disciplines in addition ...
Contents
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2 What is social class? | 24 |
3 Social class in sociolinguistics | 73 |
4 Social class in bimultilingualism research | 110 |
5 Social class in second language acquisition and learning | 146 |
Epilogue | 164 |
Goldthorpes class categories | 172 |
NSSEC analytic classes operational categories and subcategories 2010 | 173 |
Transcription conventions | 175 |
References | 176 |
Index | 191 |