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Accommodating Taboo Language in English Language Teaching: Issues of Appropriacy and Authenticity
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Liyanage, Indika; Walker, Tony; Bartlett, Brendan; Guo, Xuhong – Language, Culture and Curriculum, 2015
Culturally specific language practices related to vernacular uses of taboo language such as swearing represent a socially communicative minefield for learners of English. The role of classroom learning experiences to prepare learners for negotiation of taboo language use in social interactions is correspondingly complicated and ignored in much of…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Language Usage, Second Language Instruction