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UNINA9910955525403321 |
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Titolo |
Language learners as ethnographers / / Celia Roberts ... [et al.] |
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Clevedon, England ; ; Buffalo, N.Y., : Multilingual Matters, c2001 |
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ISBN |
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9786610827862 |
9781280827860 |
1280827866 |
9781853596810 |
1853596817 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (272 p.) |
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Collana |
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Modern languages in practice ; ; 16 |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Language and languages - Study and teaching |
Intercultural communication |
Ethnology |
Language and culture |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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 |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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 |
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