语言和文化被认为是当代应用语言学领域的两个重要概念，《语言文化教学与研究》正是从语言和文化的本质出发来看待语言在现实世界中的使用，试图帮助我们理解语言是如何被用来建构我们的社会和文化世界的。本书通过一个语言、文化和习得本质的概念图，让读者比较直观地了解应用语言学领域最新的理论发展和实践活动，也有助于读者自己在语言教学和文化领域进行一些有益的尝试。

全书主要围绕四个部分展开：语言文化本质的假定以及从人类行为的社会文化视角中看待语言文化习得；当前语言、文化和习得的理解对教学实践的启示；当前语言文化领域的研究课题和研究方法；可供参考和使用的网络、书籍和报刊研究资源以及相关研究组织的信息。

General Editor's Preface

Acknowledgements

Introduction

Section I Defining language and culture

A sociocultural perspective on language and culture

Introduction

Language as sociocultural resource

Culture as sociocultural practice

Linguistic relativity

A socially constituted linguistics

Systemic functional linguistics

Summary

Language and identity

Introduction

Social identity

Agency, identity and language use

Research on language use and identity

Summary

Language-and-culture learning

Introduction

A sociocultural perspective on language and

culture learning

Language socialisation

Learning how to mean

Social activity and language development

Social activity and cognitive development

Language classrooms as fundamental sites of learning

Summary

Section II Teaching language and culture

The sociocultural worlds of learners

Introduction

Language socialisation practices: Home and school

connections

Language variation

Redesigning curriculum and instruction

Summary

Language and culture of the classroom

Introduction

Schools and classrooms as communicative

environments

The role of classroom discourse

Redesigning curriculum and instruction

Summary

Language and culture as curricular content

Introduction

Defining knowledge of language and culture

Pedagogical approaches for redesigning language

classrooms

Summary

Section III Researching language and culture

The research enterprise

Introduction

Methodological foundations of research on language

and culture from a socioculmral perspective

Research ethics

Summary

Approaches to research on language,

culture and learning

Introduction

Ethnography of communication

Interactional sociolinguistics

Conversation analysis

Discourse analysis

Critical discourse analysis

Microgenetic approach

Summary

Guidelines for doing research

Introduction: The research cycle

Identify concerns and develop research questions

Identify research approach and sources of data

Collect data

Analyse the data

Reflect on the findings

Share findings and take action where appropriate

Summary

Contexts of research

Introduction

Contexts of research

Summary

Section IV Resources for teaching and researching language and culture

Resources for teaching and researching language

and culture

Introduction

Journals

Professional organisations

Web-based resources for teaching and researching

language and culture

Glossary

References

Author Index

Subject Index