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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... class ' are preceded by the adjectives ' middle ' , ' working ' and ' lower ' . Some four decades later , we ... position ' or ' class thinking ' , I have used ' class ' without the ' social ' for stylistic reasons . Equally with ...
... class thinking in different domains of society and academia that I have come across in my reading over the past several years . The Michael Halliday quote is taken from his position paper on the present and future of applied linguistics ...
... class politics and practice in different societies around the world. Meanwhile, in a book published some 10 years ... position themselves as 'left' have abandoned socialist principles in favour of a 'postmodern' sensibility, which ...
... class households struggling to retain this class position or from poorer households in which a single parent (usually a mother) was often unemployed and received some form of assistance from the government. Here once again I encountered ...
... class ( and indeed , whites of all class positions ) . However , it should be noted that their social class position , which was generally middle class or upper working class ( e.g. my best friend's father and mother worked as a Houston ...
Contents
| 1 | |
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 |