Sociolinguistics in ELT

Sociolinguistics in ELT

Sebastian Concha

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What is sociolinguistics?

• The study of linguistic behaviour determined by soiocultural factors

• The study of linguistic behaviour determined by historical factors

• The study of linguistic behaviour determined by psychological factors

• The study of linguistic behaviour determined by educational factors

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Sociolinguistics is related to the

• pragmatic competence

• linguistic competence

• discourse competence

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Sociolinguistics is most appropriately defined as which of these?

• The study of human behavior

• The scientific study of vocal sounds

• The study of animal vocalizations

• The scientific study of language usage

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The linguistic term "code-switching" refers to which of the following?

• Using a secret or exclusive language in certain circumstances

• The use of jargon within a language

• A speaker's use of more than one language, dialect or register in an utterance or interaction

• A type of cryptology

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Which of the following would NOT be considered a part of sociolinguistics?

• The study of the attitudes of people towards certain speech characteristics

• The study of socioeconomic and/or political power factors and their influence on language change.

• The general perception of a dialect within a society

• The study of the sounds in spoken language

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To what does the term "lingua franca" refer?

• Speaking French

• A shared language primarily used for business, education or political reasons.

• Speaking bluntly or directly

• A dialect spoken in the Franconian region of Germany

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When learning a language used by different communities worldwide, you need to consider

• culture information

• individual behaviour of people

• social information

• the grammatical structures

Open Ended

What is the difference between a language accent and a language variety?

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What are the different aspects or factors that influence a specific language variety?

Factors that influence a specific language variety

• Ethnicity

• Occupation

• Age

• Geography

• Education

• Gender

• Social status or class

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What are some of the issues when teaching and learning social and cultural factors of a second or foreing language?

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What are the possible strategies to teach and learn social and cultural factors of a second or foreing language?

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It is a branch of Linguistics that studies how languages are related to society.

• Sociolinguistics

• Phycholinguitcis

• Sociology of Language

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What is a dialect?

• It is the variation of the languuage still being the same language

• it is the usage of a language given by each individual

• it is the phonological varietion of la language

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What is the difference between Ethnography and Ethnolinguistics?

• Ethnography studies specific ethnic groups and their phonological variations of language; Ethnolinguistics focuses on the usage people give to language

• Ethnography focuses on the use of language in a particular region; Ethnolinguistics studies the structure of language and focuses on a particular area of the language.

• Ethnography studies the structure of language and focuses on a specific field of language; Ethnolinguistics focuses on the use of language in a particular place or region.

• Ethnography studies specific ethnic groups and their phonological variations of language; Ethnolinguistics focuses on the usage people give to language

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People who are part of a jargon or a speech community are the only ones able to understand the variations of language involved. If true, what is the difference between a jargon and a speech community?

• A jargon occurs in a working field (hospitals, mechanical workshops, laboratories, etc); Speech communities are more informal and they are commonly born after a trend, a video-game, a cartoon, etc.

• The statement is not true

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• A jargon is not part of a dialect and develops in a working field (hospitals, mechanical workshops, laboratories, etc); Speech communities are more informal and they are commonly born after a trend, a video-game, a cartoon, etc.

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A vernacular language is a "standart language" which people consider the most proper for everyone to speak.

• True

• False. A vernacular language is the one spoken only by people who appear on television

• False. A vernacular language is the one that is spoken by the royalty

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The register of a language can be:

• Formal or informal

• Correct or incorrect

• Polite or rude

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When a pidgin has been spoken by many generations, it becomes a creole.

• True

• False. A pidgin becomes a creole because of a need

• False. A creole becomes a pidgin after being spoken by many generations

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A pidgin is born because of a need

• True

• False. A pidgin is born because it has been spoken by many generations

• False. A pidgin is born after a creole is born