Socio-cultural Dimensions of English as a Second Language"-Rekha Aslam

My views on "Socio-cultural Dimensions of English as a Second Language"-Rekha Aslam

                    The from of Engilsh language and social strcture and cultural sensitivity of indian culture. In the mountain by Anita desai ncctor in a sieve by Kamala Markandaya and R. K Narayan 's The Dark Room.

                  The socio – cultural ,religious ect concepts of the native speaker 's life . A language is not an isoated entity .

           Let’s first see some of the characteristics of Second Language highlighted by Rekha Aslam:-

1.)    A forign language is language which is not one's own even though one may have a very good knowledge of it A Second Language is a language which is one’s own, though not the first in order of importance nor usually the first to be learnt.

2.)    A Second Language is used as an alternative way of expressing a culture of one’s own.   

3.) A Second Language produces bilinguals with active and creative interest.

• Language is not an isolated entity. It is deeply rooted in socio-cultural, religious etc.. concepts of Native speaker’s life. 
  

• A writer may make practice of using phonological (graphic) adaptation, lone translation, lone creation as per the requirement of emphasis, etc. and availability.
  

•  Native words find their ways in English because of the non-availability of an equivalent counter-part. 
• Another method of expressing the Indian reality is to use a translation on the basis of semantics. 
• Advertisements – News paper classifieds, Acronyms such as All India Institute of Medical Science (AIIMS), Delhi University of Teacher Association (DUTA), Discourse pattern – the social meaning of language that is emphasized by socio linguists. Language used to talk to friends, to scold children, conduct business.. i.e. “Accha, I’ll come again.”