Assertion (A): From a sociolinguistic standpoint, mainstream SLA is asocial, keeping hidden the social side of learning to interact through language. Reason (R): A sociolinguistic perspective focuses on the linguistic system and on pragmatic and discourse features, refusing to treat language as norms or to examine diversity and ideologies.
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Correct answer: C. A is correct but R is not correct
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Sociolinguists (Firth and Wagner, 1997; Block) criticise SLA for its cognitive, asocial bias. R misdescribes sociolinguistics, which centrally studies variation, diversity and language ideology.
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