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Record Nr.

UNINA9910780152303321

Autore

Roberts Celia

Titolo

Language learners as ethnographers / / Celia Roberts, Michael Byram, Ana Barro, Shirley Jordan and Brian Street

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Clevedon, England : , : Multilingual Matters LTD, , [2001]

©2001

ISBN

9781853596810

1-280-82786-6

9786610827862

1-85359-681-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (272 p.)

Collana

Modern languages in practice ; ; 16

Altri autori (Persone)

RobertsCelia <1947->

Disciplina

418/.0071

Soggetti

Etnologia

Llenguatge i llengües - Ensenyament - Aspectes socials

Comunicació intercultural

Sociolingüística

Llengua i cultura

Language and languages - Study and teaching

Intercultural communication

Ethnology

Language and culture

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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.