Social Class Language and Education

by Denis Lawton

Overview

Titles in the Class, Race and Social Structure set of the International Library of Sociology consider every problem of socio-political importance that affected society in the years following the Second World War.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781134685127
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	10/19/2006
Series:	International Library of Sociology
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	192
File size:	262 KB

About the Author

Denis Lawton

Table of Contents

I Social Class and Educational Opportunity: the demographic evidence II Motivation, Sub-culture and Educability III Empirical Evidence on the Relation between Language and Social Background IV Language and Thought V A Critique of Bernstein’s Work on Language and Social Class VI An Experimental Study of the Speech and Writing of some Middle- and Working-class Boys VII Some Proposed Intervention Programmes in the U.S.A. and Great Britain VIII Conclusion