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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... moving to consider a few scholarship issues. I end with acknowledgements. Terminological issues As regards terminology, there is first and foremost social class to consider, the key term in the title and the main focus of this book ...
... moving from a broadly poststructuralist approach to reality (what some would call a postmodern approach), such as that which I described in my publications on second language identities (e.g. Block, 2007a, 2007b, 2009, 2010a) to one ...
... move to a stance which is more aligned with critical realism does not mean that I have become a hard-core 'essentialist' or 'structuralist' (two words that have become serious epithets in applied linguistics in recent years); I have not ...
... moved into adolescence we had a fair few things in common, even if we all went to different high schools. During these years, drug use and musical tastes converged and we all were big fans of various strands of British rock music ...
... move across an ocean to foreign lands where people behaved in very different (and un-American) ways and spoke a lot of different languages. After having lived a few months in Paris in autumn 1978, I moved to Barcelona and soon after ...
Contents
What is Social Class? | |
Social Class in Sociolinguistics | |
Social Class in BiMultilingualism Research | |
Social Class in Second Language Acquisition and Learning | |
Epilogue | |
Index | |