Language Learners as Ethnographers

Language Learners as Ethnographers
Author: Celia Roberts
Publisher: Multilingual Matters
Total Pages: 276
Release: 2001
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9781853595028

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.

Learning and Using Languages in Ethnographic Research

Learning and Using Languages in Ethnographic Research
Author: Annabel Tremlett
Publisher: Researching Multilingually
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2020
Genre: Anthropological linguistics
ISBN: 9781788925914

This book breaks the silence that surrounds learning a language for ethnographic research and in the process demystifies some of the multilingual aspects of contemporary ethnographic work. It offers a set of engaging and accessible accounts of language learning and use written by ethnographers who are at different stages of their academic career.

Linguistic Ethnography

Linguistic Ethnography
Author: Fiona Copland
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 192
Release: 2016-04-29
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 113703503X

The collection demonstrates the ways in which established traditions and scholars have come together under the umbrella of linguistic ethnography to explore important questions about how language and communication are used in a range of settings and contexts, and with what effect.

The Ethnographic Self as Resource

The Ethnographic Self as Resource
Author: Peter Jeffrey Collins
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Total Pages: 274
Release: 2010
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9781845456566

..̀. An excellent collection of anthropological autobiographical essays focusing on the positionality and resource of the self in ethnography ... The essays are engaging and well written ... [and] remind me of some of those classic anthropological / ethnographic collections - interesting in their own right to read, but also serving as a good teaching resource.' - Amanda Coffey, Cardiff University.

Contested Spaces of Teaching and Learning

Contested Spaces of Teaching and Learning
Author: Janise Hurtig
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 245
Release: 2019-11-08
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1498581331

Contested Spaces of Teaching and Learning examines the educational experiences of adults as cultural practice. These practices take place in diverse settings from formal educational contexts to institutionally interstitial realms to fluid and explicitly contested everyday spaces. This edited collection includes twelve richly rendered ethnographic case studies written from the perspective of practitioner-ethnographers who straddle the roles of educator and ethnographic researcher. Drawing on distinct theoretical framings, these contributors illuminate the ways in which adults engaged in teaching and learning participate in cultural practices that intersect with other dimensions of social life, such as work, recreation, community engagement, personal development, or political action. By juxtaposing ethnographic inquiries of formal and informal learning spaces, as well as intentional and unintended challenges to mainstream adult teaching and learning, this collection provides new understandings and critical insights into the complexities of adults’ educational experiences.

Modern Languages

Modern Languages
Author: Alison Phipps
Publisher: SAGE
Total Pages: 224
Release: 2004-05-24
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9780761974185

This accessible book is written by teachers of modern languages and tackles the specifics of the discipline while situating it within the literature on teaching Modern Languages in Higher Education.

Learning and Using Languages in Ethnographic Research

Learning and Using Languages in Ethnographic Research
Author: Robert Gibb
Publisher: Multilingual Matters
Total Pages: 371
Release: 2019-10-11
Genre: Reference
ISBN: 1788925939

Learning and Using Languages in Ethnographic Research breaks the silence that still surrounds learning a language for ethnographic research and in the process demystifies some of the multilingual aspects of contemporary ethnographic work. It does this by offering a set of engaging and accessible accounts of language learning and use written by ethnographers who are at different stages of their academic career. A key theme is how researchers’ experiences of learning and using other languages in fieldwork contexts relate to wider structures of power, hierarchy and inequality. The volume aims to promote a wider debate among researchers about how they themselves learn and use different languages in their work, and to help future fieldworkers make more informed choices when carrying out ethnographic research using other languages.

Speaking of Ethnography

Speaking of Ethnography
Author: Michael Agar
Publisher: SAGE
Total Pages: 84
Release: 1986
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9780803924925

In this eloquently written volume Michael Agar expands the premise set forth in his very popular work The Professional Stranger. Speaking of Ethnography challenges the assumption that conventional scientific procedures are appropriate for the study of human affairs. Agar's work is informed by a hermeneutic and phenomenological tradition, in which he questions the researcher's own taken-for-granted procedures.

Ethnographic Thinking

Ethnographic Thinking
Author: Jay Hasbrouck
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 167
Release: 2017-12-11
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1351362488

This book argues that ‘ethnographic thinking’—the thought processes and patterns ethnographers develop through their practice—offers companies and organizations the cultural insights they need to develop fully-informed strategies. Using real world examples, Hasbrouck demonstrates how shifting the value of ethnography from simply identifying consumer needs to driving a more holistic understanding of a company or organization can help it benefit from a deeper understanding of the dynamic and interactive cultural contexts of its offerings. In doing so, he argues that such an approach can also enhance the strategic value of their work by helping them increase appreciation for openness and exploration, hone interpretive skills, and cultivate holistic thinking, in order to broaden perspectives, challenge assumptions, and cross-pollinate ideas between differing viewpoints. Ethnographic Thinking is key reading for managers and strategists specifically wishing to tap-into the potential that ethnography offers, as well as those searching more broadly for new ways to innovate practice. It is essential reading for students of applied ethnography, and recommended for scholars too.