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"Current Perspectives on Sociolinguistics and English Language…
"Current Perspectives on Sociolinguistics and English Language Education"
The Expanded Definition of Sociolinguistics
Some basic questions in the field of sociolinguistics are:
Language variety and change
Variation and style
Language attitudes
Language and culture
Language and interaction
Social class and language use
Language contact
Language and gender
Language planning and policy
Bilingualism or multilingualism and multiculturalism
Learning a foreign language can be arranged to promote positive attitudes toward the foreign language to be learned and the nationalities associated with the language
Language Attitude
Linguistic attitudes are the opinions, ideas and prejudices that speakers have regarding a language.
Attitudes towards various uses of language in society can be either positive or negative.
Inferences determine the kind of approach speakers and listeners take toward each other during communications.
Introduction
Foreign language teaching has two goals
.
The first is that students learn the formal properties of a language and practice a little its use in communicative situations.
The second, realized outside the classroom, is that students communicate with people in an L2 environment.
Current approaches to foreign language education entail an understanding of
sociocultural theory and sociolinguistics.
It includes the analysis of different genres of written and spoken language that emerges in contexts where English is spoken as a native language and in global contexts where other varieties of English are spoken.
Scientists research how language is used in various social contexts, taking into account factors such as etiquette, interpersonal relationships, and regional dialects.
Sociolinguistics can be defined as the science that investigates the aims and functions of language in society.
Sociolinguistics is the branch of science that analyzes the relationship between language and society based on its use in various social contexts.
Language attitudes and foreign language education.
The general aim is to understand how students' and teachers' positive or negative attitudes towards a language influence the teaching and
learning.
the relationship between attitudes and learning will contribute to the development of foreign language teaching
Foreign Language Planning and Policies
language planning and policies entail the selection and educational
framework for teaching the language(s)
Cooper (1989) classifies language planning into three categories: status planning, corpus planning, and acquisition planning.
Teaching English as an International Language
English is usually learned for functional purposes and it is not the official language of these countries. This gives rise to the teaching of English as a second language in outer circle countries
Language and Culture
The concept of
culture comprises a society's daily lifestyle, artistic works, language, religion, and traditions.
You can't understand a language without first learning the culture.
The place and significance of culture in foreign language education
Students activate their knowledge before starting the class and try to make sense of new cultural concepts by comparing them with previous ones
Conclusion
It is important to promote positive attitudes toward the language to be taught.