Language Learners as Ethnographers
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Language Learners as Ethnographers

  1. 272 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
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About this book

This book looks at the role of cultural studies and intercultural communication in language learning. The book argues that learners who have an opportunity to stay in the target language country can be trained to do an ethnographic project while abroad. Borrowing from anthropologists' the idea of cultural fieldwork and 'writing culture', language learners develop their linguistic and cultural competence through the study of a local group. This book combines a theoretical overview of language and cultural practices with a description of ethnographic approaches and materials specifically designed for language learners.

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Yes, you can access Language Learners as Ethnographers by Celia Roberts,Michael Byram,Ana Barro,Shirley Jordan,Brian V Street in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Social Sciences & Teaching Language Arts. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Table of contents

  1. Contents
  2. Part I Language Learning and Ethnography: Theory and Practice
  3. Chapter 1 New Goals
  4. Chapter 2 Introducing Cultural Learning into the Language Curriculum
  5. Chapter 3 Theoretical Issues in Language and Cultural Practices
  6. Chapter 4 Representations, Discourses and Practices
  7. Chapter 5 Ethnography for Linguists
  8. Part II The Ealing Ethnography Project: A Case Study
  9. Chapter 6 Teaching Ethnography
  10. Chapter 7 Developing the Principles for an Ethnography Course
  11. Chapter 8 The Ethnography Class
  12. Chapter 9 The Student Ethnography Projects
  13. Chapter 10 ‘The Year Abroad’: An Ethnographic Experience
  14. Chapter 11 Conclusions and New Perspectives
  15. Bibliography
  16. Index