Sociolinguistics and Language Teaching

by Edited by Sandra Lee McKay , Nancy H. Hornberger

• ISBN13: 9780521484343
• ISBN10: 0521484340
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1995-11-24
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

This text provides an introduction to the field of sociolinguistics for second and foreign language teachers. This book provides an introduction to the field of sociolinguistics for second and foreign language teachers. Chapters cover the basic areas of sociolinguistics, including regional and social variations in dialects, language and gender, World English, and intercultural communication. Each chapter has been specially written for this collection by an individual who has done extensive research on the topic explored. This is the first introductory text to address explicitly the pedagogical implications of current theory and research in sociolinguistics. The book will also be of interest to any teachers with students from linguistically diverse backgrounds.

Table of Contents

List of contributors	vii
Series Editors' preface	viii
Preface	ix
Acknowledgments	xii
I LANGUAGE AND SOCIETY	1	(148)
Language attitudes, motivation, and standards	3	(44)
Mary McGroarty
Societal multilingualism	47	(24)
Kamal K. Sridhar
World Englishes	71	(32)
Braj B. Kachru
Cecil L. Nelson
Language Planning and policy	103	(46)
Terrence G. Wiley
II LANGUAGE AND VARIATION	149	(132)
Regional and social variation	151	(44)
John R. Rickford
Pidgins and creoles	195	(23)
Patricia C. Nichols
Language and gender	218	(63)
Rebecca Freeman
Bonnie McElhinny
III LANGUAGE AND INTERACTION	281	(68)
Ethnographic microanalysis	283	(24)
Frederick Erickson
Interactional sociolinguistics	307	(22)
Deborah Schiffrin
Intercultural communication	329	(20)
J. Keith Chick
IV LANGUAGE AND CULTURE	349	(98)
The ethnography of communication	351	(32)
Muriel Saville-Troike
Speech acts	383	(38)
Andrew D. Cohen
Literacy and Literacies	421	(26)
Sandra Lee McKay
CONCLUSION	447	(27)
Language and education	449	(25)
Nancy H. Hornberger
Index	474