Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason (R).
Assertion (A): From a sociolinguistic point of view, mainstream SLA studies remain asocial-the social import of learning to interact through language remains hidden.
Reason (R): A sociolinguistic perspective focusses on the linguistic system as well as on a concern with specific items of pragmatic and discourse development and rejects the tendency of looking at language as a set of norms, at language diversity and ideologies.
In light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:
1
Both (A) and (R) are correct and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
2
Both (A) and (R) are correct and (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
3
(A) is correct but (R) is not correct.
4
(A) is not correct but (R) is correct.