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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... factor at work which makes me use ' class ' instead of ' social class ' on some occasions . The other big term in the title of this book is applied linguistics . I will not rehearse here a discussion of this term , which appears in ...
... factors such as inequality and deprivation, and those influenced by the ideas of post- modernism have tended to avoid these topics. Indeed, it is not quite clear whether such study can legitimately be carried out, certainly within ...
... factors which have helped to precipitate a general loss of interest in social class. This trend, however, shows signs of reversal if one is to judge by recent books published in Britain by journalists (e.g. Collins, 2004; Jones, 2012 ...
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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 |