Some Social Aspects of Language Learning

Abstract

Language reflects social processes. Different varieties of language reflect different settings for language learning and language use. Aspects of three areas of concern are considered: the learning of English by immigrants, indigenous-minority language issues, and the so-called black English question. These are related to differences in value systems and to particular communication networks for the use of English. Nonstandard dialects are the product and not the cause of social and economic inequality. Careful investigation is needed of the conditions for the learning of standard English.

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