Welcome back to Voices in the Classroom! My name is Angelina and I am host 1 for the podcast and Cat is our second host for the podcast. Today we will be diving into a topic that shapes every child's school experience, whether we realize it or not: Sociolinguistic Perspectives in Childhood Education.
 Sociolinguistics looks at how language and society influence each other, how people talk, why they talk that way, and what that says about their identities. And all of that plays a huge role in how children learn and communicate in school.