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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... individual agency. Scholarship issues In this book, I cite a good number of sources from decades ago and in some cases, even from well over a century ago. Following the canons of English language prose at the time of writing, authors ...
... individuals and collectives concerned. In the third and final quote, critical educa- tionalists Peter McLaren and Valerie Scatamburlo-D'Annibale argue that in edu- cational research, those who position themselves as 'left' have ...
... individual country perspective, ranging from Japan (Hashimoto, 2003; Ishida and Slater, 2010) to Spain (Navarro, 2006; Subirats, 2012) and France (Bosc, 2008; Bouzou, 2011), and from a regional perspective, ranging from Latin America ...
... individual entrepreneurial freedoms and skills within an institutional frame- work characterized by strong ... individuals stand ' ( Marx , 1973 : 265 ) . In her contradiction of Marx , Thatcher fully embraces individualisation ...
... individual activity and detrimental to the development of individual freedom . For the political right , ' [ s ] tate interventions in markets ... must be kept to a bare minimum ' ( Harvey 2005 : 2 ) , but the expectation is that the ...
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 |