The Contributions of the Sociolinguistic Theory to Language and Language Learning

Abstract

This paper aims to explore the enlightenment of sociolinguistics on language and English learning. It first explains the concept and the development of sociolinguistics, then gives two examples to help readers to better understand and illustrate the theory, clarifies the importance of combining sociolinguistics with English language learning and finally lists the enlightenment of sociolinguistics on our English learners from four aspects. It is hoped that in the future, we can consciously master the language from the perspective of sociolinguistics in the process of language acquisition.