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:	9781138982161
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	05/09/2016
Series:	International Library of Sociology
Pages:	192
Product dimensions:	5.44(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

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