Language learners as ethnographers / Celia Roberts ... [et al.].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Roberts, Celia, 1947-

Series:

Modern languages in practice ; 16.

Modern languages in practice ; 16

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Language and languages--Study and teaching.

Language and languages.

Intercultural communication.

Ethnology.

Language and culture.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (272 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Clevedon, England ; Buffalo, N.Y. : Multilingual Matters, c2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Front matter

Contents

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

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

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786610827862

9781280827860

1280827866

9781853596810

1853596817

OCLC:

614967066