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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... discussions.' Clare Mar-Molinero, University of Southampton, UK In this ground breaking book David Block ... discussion of social class before considering the extent to which social class has been a key con- struct in three ...
... discussion of this term , which appears in Block , Gray and Holborow ( 2012 ) , to say nothing of the numerous articles , chapters , monographs and collec- tions that have discussed in detail the exact meaning of the term and defined ...
... discussion of how social class has and has not figured as a key construct in applied linguistics. For example in ... discussions of material which some might see as part of 'world Englishes'. Another term I would like to clarify ...
... discussions, both formal and informal, of some of the topics covered in this book: Lourdes Armengol, Josep Maria Cots, Angèls Llanes, Enric Llurda and Guzman Mancho. I also thank a group of Universitat de Lleida research students with ...
... discussion of social class in applied linguistics) at the following universities: University of Birmingham (April 2013); University of Bristol (December 2011); University of Cambridge (June 2010; March 2013); University College London ...
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 |