This book, addressed to experienced and novice language educators, provides an up-to-date overview of sociolinguistics, reflecting changes in the global situation and the continuing evolution of the field and its relevance to language education around the world. Topics covered include nationalism and popular culture, style and identity, creole languages, critical language awareness, gender and ethnicity, multimodal literacies, classroom discourse, and ideologies and power. Whether considering the role of English as an international language or innovative initiatives in Indigenous language revitalization, in every context of the world sociolinguistic perspectives highlight the fluid and flexible use of language in communities and classrooms, and the importance of teacher practices that open up spaces of awareness and acceptance of - and access to - the widest possible communicative repertoire for students.
Table of Contents
Contents
Contributors
Introduction
Part 1 Language and Ideology
1 Language and Ideologies
2 Language, Power and Pedagogies
3 Nationalism, Identity and Popular Culture
Part 2 Language and Society
4 English as an International Language
5 Multilingualism and Codeswitching in Education
6 Language Policy and Planning
Part 3 Language and Variation
7 Style and Styling
8 Critical Language Awareness
9 Pidgins and Creoles
Part 4 Language and Literacy
10 Cross-cultural Perspectives on Writing: Contrastive Rhetoric
11 Sociolinguistics, Language Teaching and New Literacy Studies
12 Multimodal Literacy in Language Classrooms
Part 5 Language and Identity
13 Language and Identity
14 Gender Identities in Language Education
15 Language and Ethnicity
16 Language Socialization
Part 6 Language and Interaction
17 Language and Culture
18 Conversation Analysis
19 Classroom Discourse Analysis: A Focus on Communicative Repertoires
Part 7 Language and Education
20 Language and Education: A Limpopo Lens
Index
