SOCIOLINGUISTICS AND SECOND LANGUAGE ACQUISITION: A VALIDATED APPROACH AND ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR SECOND LANGUAGE EDUCATION

Abstract

Recently, second or foreign language learning has become vital in order to respond to people’s personal or professional needs such as communication with international colleagues and getting qualified to study abroad. Throughout the previous decades, language researchers and linguists have investigated the core factors that affect language acquisition, particularly second language acquisition. Most of the results have shown a strong interrelation between social contexts and language learning. The purpose of this paper is to examine the significance of sociolinguistics in second language acquisition, sociolinguistics approaches, and their implications for second language education. Sociolinguistics refers to the study of the connection between language and society.  Many researchers have studied this branch of linguistics and come up with some implications for second language education. The researcher collects data from previous studies and conducts a questionnaire to investigate the sociolinguistic factors and strategies applied in B1 language classes of first-year university students.   The researcher also makes an observation of the B1 (intermediate) [AASY(1] ESL class to figure out the effects of applying sociolinguistic methods in English language learning. The results show that family background and the use of the English language in real-life social contexts have a direct impact on the development of sociolinguistic competence[AASY(2] .