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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... style in mind, I have at times plumped for 'class' over 'social class' in places where I have used the latter term several times in rapid succession. In a sense, there is a kind of feel factor at work which makes me use 'class' instead ...
... style dress (a sartorial abomination for us), short hair (at a time when our long hair indexed 'coolness') and reactionary (i.e. which we would have called 'redneck'4) lifestyles (which we rejected outright).5 Other friends I made ...
... style dress, having short hair and having reactionary political views all necessarily went together, although they did often seem to cluster together. I also do not wish to say that only working class people embodied these ...
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Contents
What is Social Class? | |
Social Class in Sociolinguistics | |
Social Class in BiMultilingualism Research | |
Social Class in Second Language Acquisition and Learning | |
Epilogue | |
Index | |