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Sociolinguistic Factors Affect Learning Language

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Language is basically a human phenomenon and it is as complex as human relationships in a society. Learning a second language is a long and complex undertaking. It involves a wide range of language learning settings and learner characteristics and circumstances. The relationship between language acquisition and social characteristics of speakers (such as age, sex, socio-economic status, education etc.) has intrigued lay people for centuries, but it is a general tendency to treat such phenomenon and such studies as marginal or as supplementary. Sociolinguistics makes an attempt to identify the interaction between some of the universal factors involved in the process of learning language. It studies language as it is used and of society as it communicates. Language is generally studied devoid of its context. However, the context of situation in which an utterance is said is very important in deciding its overall meaning. Therefore process of language acquisition should also be studied by taking social context into cognizance. Sociolinguistic factors are necessary to understand the process of acquisition of language. The present paper is an effort to find out the influence of sociolinguistic factors on learning of English speaking skills .Questionnaire was …show more content…

There is no human society that doesn 't depend upon, is not shaped by and does not itself shape language. To quote Avrorin: Language cannot exist and develop outside society. The development of language is ultimately stimulated by the needs of social development. But we cannot overlook the reverse dependence either. Human society cannot do without language, as it is the most important, most perfect and universal means of communications, which aids in the formation of though and accumulation and transmission of expression.1 There is therefore, a very close relationship between society and

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