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dc.contributor.authorLiyanage, Indika
dc.contributor.authorWalker, Tony
dc.contributor.authorBartlett, Brendan
dc.contributor.authorGuo, Xuhong
dc.date.accessioned2019-03-25T05:17:55Z
dc.date.available2019-03-25T05:17:55Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.identifier.issn1747-7573
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/07908318.2015.1031675
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/124940
dc.description.abstractCulturally 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 the language teaching research literature. English language teachers confront not only obstacles to effective development of sociolinguistic and cultural knowledge in classroom instruction, and failure of course-books to address taboo language, but also uncertainties they themselves have about addressing such obstacles and omissions. In this paper, we draw on interview data from three experienced teachers of English as an additional language, to explore their perceptions and classroom practices in relation to taboo language. In particular, we explore the situational appropriateness of mild taboo swearing using the lexical item, bloody, which has a strong positioning in Australian language culture. Dilemmas surrounding this potentially troublesome item of Australian English are foregrounded in relation to the extent to which often neglected, but widely used taboo language is actually ‘taboo’ in the classroom.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherRoutledge
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom113
dc.relation.ispartofpageto125
dc.relation.ispartofissue2
dc.relation.ispartofjournalLanguage, Culture and Curriculum
dc.relation.ispartofvolume28
dc.subject.fieldofresearchSpecialist Studies in Education not elsewhere classified
dc.subject.fieldofresearchSpecialist Studies in Education
dc.subject.fieldofresearchLanguage Studies
dc.subject.fieldofresearchLinguistics
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode130399
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode1303
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode2003
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode2004
dc.titleAccommodating taboo language in English language teaching: issues of appropriacy and authenticity
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorWalker, Tony W.


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