Promoting sociolinguistic competence by teaching idiomatic and everyday expressions through songs

Abstract

Language is more than simply grammar sentences that are intended to be literal in every conversation people with different view have. The sociolinguistics has laid the foundations in order to take into account aspects such as culture, belief, environment, perspectives, etc. and so, being able to see the world as the others see it. This is the importance of why promote in learner of a second language to infer the meaning everyday and idiomatic expressions beyond the literal. Some examples of this non-literal language are found in conversations, social networks or songs, to mention a few examples.