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. |
From inside the book
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... English studies, including composition, rhetoric, and literary studies). Combined with these two foundations ... language use. (Grabe, 2002: 4–5) In this book, I follow scholars like Brumfit, Simpson and Grabe and understand ...
... English language prose at the time of writing, authors and translators producing their work before the 1970s tended to use generic masculine pronouns, which have all but disappeared from academic writing in the Anglophone world in ...
... British Association of Applied Linguistics conference (Newcastle, September 2009); the Cognitive-interactional ... English in Europe conferences (Sheffield, April 2012; Copenhagen, April 2013); the International Colloquium on Language ...
... English that would have been corrected in my house (e.g. frequent use of ain't and double modals) and, above all, that there was racist language about African American people, which would not have been allowed by my liberal parents. The ...
... languages. After having lived a few months in Paris in autumn 1978, I moved to Barcelona and soon after began to work as an English teacher.7 Over the years I moved up the professional ladder of English language teaching and settled ...
Contents
What is Social Class? | |
Social Class in Sociolinguistics | |
Social Class in BiMultilingualism Research | |
Social Class in Second Language Acquisition and Learning | |
Epilogue | |
Index | |