Language Learners as Ethnographers / / Celia Roberts, Michael Byram, Ana Barro, Shirley Jordan, Brian V Street.

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...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter MultiLingual Matters Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2013
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Place / Publishing House:Bristol ;, Blue Ridge Summit : : Multilingual Matters, , [2000]
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Year of Publication:2000
Language:English
Series:Modern Language in Practice
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Physical Description:1 online resource (272 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Part I. Language Learning and Ethnography: Theory and Practice
  • 1. New Goals
  • 2. Introducing Cultural Learning into the Language Curriculum
  • 3. Theoretical Issues in Language and Cultural Practices
  • 4. Representations, Discourses and Practices
  • 5. Ethnography for Linguists
  • Part II. The Ealing Ethnography Project: A Case Study
  • 6. Teaching Ethnography
  • 7. Developing the Principles for an Ethnography Course
  • 8. The Ethnography Class
  • 9. The Student Ethnography Projects
  • 10. ‘The Year Abroad’: An Ethnographic Experience
  • 11. Conclusions and New Perspectives
  • Bibliography
  • Index