LING 4P10 Chapter Notes - Chapter .: Enculturation, Futures Studies, Casla

• School: Brock University
• Department: Linguistics
• Course: LING 4P10
• Professor: James Corcoran

Document Summary

Language socialization approaches to sla (duff and talmy) Understanding development through interaction with others who are more knowledgeable or proficient. Examines micro and macro contexts in which language is learned and used and employs longitudinal research designs that feature ethnography and linguistic/discourse analytic methods. Seeks to account for and explain learning in broader terms, examining not only linguistic development but also the other forms of knowledge that are learned in and through language. Looks at interactional or sociolinguistic routines that become part of learners and users communicative repetoires. Ideologies (of the world, of nationality, and of language itself) Epistemologies (reflecting sources of knowledge, degrees of certainty, evidentiality) The expression of positive or negative emotions like pleasure or shame) Commonalties to other theories include a deeply ecological perspective of learning in context and a concomitant analysis of learning through praxis (observation, participation, and performance) in the everyday activities of communities of language users.