Learning And Using Languages In Ethnographic Research

Author : Robert Gibb,Annabel Tremlett,Julien Danero Iglesias
Publisher : Multilingual Matters
Page : 371 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2019-10-11
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9781788925938

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Learning and Using Languages in Ethnographic Research by Robert Gibb,Annabel Tremlett,Julien Danero Iglesias Pdf

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.

Author : Celia Roberts
Publisher : Multilingual Matters
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Education
ISBN : 1853595020

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Language Learners as Ethnographers by Celia Roberts Pdf

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.

Author : Fiona Copland,Angela Creese
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 281 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2015-01-22
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781473911161

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Linguistic Ethnography by Fiona Copland,Angela Creese Pdf

This is an engaging interdisciplinary guide to the unique role of language within ethnography. The book provides a philosophical overview of the field alongside practical support for designing and developing your own ethnographic research. It demonstrates how to build and develop arguments and engages with practical issues such as ethics, transcription and impact. There are chapter-long case studies based on real research that will explain key themes and help you create and analyse your own linguistic data. Drawing on the authors’ experience they outline the practical, epistemological and theoretical decisions that researchers must take when planning and carrying out their studies. Other key features include: A clear introduction to discourse analytic traditions Tips on how to produce effective field notes Guidance on how to manage interview and conversational data Advice on writing linguistic ethnographies for different audiences Annotated suggestions for further reading Full glossary This book is a master class in understanding linguistic ethnography, it will of interest to anyone conducting field research across the social sciences.

Author : Judith Kaplan-Weinger,Char Ullman
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 189 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2014-12-22
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781136341236

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Methods for the Ethnography of Communication by Judith Kaplan-Weinger,Char Ullman Pdf

Methods for the Ethnography of Communication is a guide to conducting ethnographic research in classroom and community settings that introduces students to the field of ethnography of communication, and takes them through the recursive and nonlinear cycle of ethnographic research. Drawing on the mnemonic that Hymes used to develop the Ethnography of SPEAKING, the authors introduce the innovative CULTURES framework to provide a helpful structure for moving through the complex process of collecting and analyzing ethnographic data and addresses the larger "how-to" questions that students struggle with when undertaking ethnographic research. Exercises and activities help students make the connection between communicative events, acts, and situations and ways of studying them ethnographically. Integrating a primary focus on language in use within an ethnographic framework makes this book an invaluable core text for courses on ethnography of communication and related areas in a variety of disciplines.

Author : Teresa L. McCarty
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2014-04-04
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781136860911

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Ethnography and Language Policy by Teresa L. McCarty Pdf

Illuminating, through ethnographic inquiry, how individual agents "make" language policy in everyday social practice, this volume advances the growing field of language planning and policy using a critical sociocultural approach. From this perspective, language policy is conceptualized not only as official acts and documents, but as language-regulating modes of human interaction, negotiation, and production mediated by relations of power. Using this conceptual framework, the volume addresses the impacts of globalization, diaspora, and transmigration on language practices and policies; language endangerment, revitalization, and maintenance; medium-of-instruction policies; literacy and biliteracy; language and ethnic/national identity; and the ethical tensions in conducting critical ethnographic language policy research. These issues are contextualized in case studies and reflective commentaries by leading scholars in the field. Ethnography and Language Policy extends previous work in the field, tapping into leading-edge interdisciplinary scholarship, and charting new directions. Recognizing that language policy is not merely or even primarily about language per se, but rather about power relations that structure social-linguistic hierarchies, the authors seek to expand policy discourses in ways that foster social justice for all.

Author : Ann Egan-Robertson,David Bloome
Publisher : Hampton Press (NJ)
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Education
ISBN : UOM:39015040355961

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Students as Researchers of Culture and Language in Their Own Communities by Ann Egan-Robertson,David Bloome Pdf

This text presents directions in classroom education generated by using ethnography and sociolinguistics as teaching tools, the theory behind these efforts, and the classroom practices involved. Chapters provide an introduction to ethnographic and sociolinguistic research, highlight the integration of students as researchers of culture and language in their own communities with concerns for academic learning, describe projects in which students studied language as sociolinguists, and describe how students' research on issues of culture and language was either a part of or led to their taking social action.

Author : Shirley Brice Heath,Brian V. Street
Publisher : Teachers College Press
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2008-04-12
Category : Education
ISBN : 0807748668

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On Ethnography by Shirley Brice Heath,Brian V. Street Pdf

The authors weave together narratives of practice and theory that draw on their own field work and that of a novice ethnographer. Their stories take us outside the usual progression of how-to-do-ethnography, which moves from research question to data collection and analysis to publication. Readers learn of the motivations and mishaps behind the authors’ own classic ethnographic studies of language, multimodal literacies, and community practices. The authors use their stories to illustrate the power of curiosity, connection, and continuity in ethnographic pursuits. Keeping language and literacy the central concern, this volume offers practical ways for ethnographers to sustain their attention to a constant comparative perspective and to patterns of co-occurrence in language structures, uses, and values. Appropriate for new and experienced researchers, this readable volume: Illustrates three primary learning environments for the work of ethnographers: self-directed learning, informal communities of learners, and instructional settings within formal education. Stresses that “doing ethnography” involves engagement with public life and cannot be separated out as an academic activity. Includes examples of ethnographic studies in Australia, Iran, South Africa, the United Kingdom, and the United States.

Author : Nancy H. Hornberger,P. Corson
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Education
ISBN : 9789401145350

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Encyclopedia of Language and Education by Nancy H. Hornberger,P. Corson Pdf

This volume seeks to enable language and education practitioners and researchers to get a sense of the range of issues being pursued in language and education research and the array of methods employed to do so. It focuses on language and education in relation to society, variation, culture, and interaction. Its unity of purpose and outlook with regard to the central role of language as both vehicle and mediator of educational processes and to the need for continued and deepening research into the limits and possibilities that implies is most impressive.

Author : Judith L. Green,Cynthia Wallat
Publisher : Praeger
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1981
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : IND:39000005677690

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Ethnography and Language in Educational Settings by Judith L. Green,Cynthia Wallat Pdf

Author : Fiona Copland,Sara Shaw,Julia Snell
Publisher : Springer
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2016-04-29
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781137035035

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Linguistic Ethnography by Fiona Copland,Sara Shaw,Julia Snell Pdf

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.

Author : Michael Grenfell,Kate Pahl
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2018-10-31
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781351793162

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Bourdieu, Language-based Ethnographies and Reflexivity by Michael Grenfell,Kate Pahl Pdf

Offering a unique and original perspective on Bourdieu, language-based ethnographies,and reflexivity, this volume provides a nuanced, in-depth discussion of the complex relationship between these interconnected topics and their impact in real-world contexts. Part I opens the book with an overview of the historical background and development of language-based ethnographic research and Bourdieu’s work in this space. Part II presents a series of case studies that highlight a Bourdieusian perspective and demonstrate how reflexivity impacts language-based ethnography. In each study, Bourdieu’s conceptual framework of reflexively-informed objectivity examines the ways in which the studies themselves were constructed and understood. Building on Parts I and II, the concluding set of chapters in Part III unpacks the messiness of the theory and practice of language-based ethnography, and provides insights into what reflexivity means for Bourdieu and in practical contexts. Arguing for a greater reflexive understanding in research practice, this volume sets an agenda for future literacy and language research.

Author : Patricia Duff
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2013-03-15
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0415889561

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Ethnographic Research in Applied Linguistics by Patricia Duff Pdf

Ethnography as a research method is gaining attention among students and scholars in applied linguistics, but there is little guidance in the existing literature on how to do ethnographic research. Ethnographic Research in Applied Linguistics is the only single-authored, standalone volume that deals with the very interesting and often complex issues of doing research examining cultural practices in cross-cultural contexts. It begins by outlining basic principles of ethnography and differentiates ethnographic research from qualitative research and case study research, then goes on to cover how to conduct ethnographic studies, collect and analyze data, and write up research findings. With its accessible discussions of issues and trends, practical strategies, and linguistically diverse examples, this volume is ideal for a course on qualitative research methods in applied linguistics, second language studies, language education, or literacy. It is a valuable resource for students and researchers alike, as well as an outstanding companion to the popular Case Study Research in Applied Linguistics, also by Patricia Duff.

Author : Kathryn M. Anderson-Levitt
Publisher : Berghahn Books
Page : 361 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2011-10-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780857452740

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Anthropologies of Education by Kathryn M. Anderson-Levitt Pdf

Despite international congresses and international journals, anthropologies of education differ significantly around the world. Linguistic barriers constrain the flow of ideas, which results in a vast amount of research on educational anthropology that is not published in English or is difficult for international readers to find. This volume responds to the call to attend to educational research outside the United States and to break out of “metropolitan provincialism.” A guide to the anthropologies and ethnographies of learning and schooling published in German, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Slavic languages, Japanese, and English as a second language, show how scholars in Latin America, Japan, and elsewhere adapt European, American, and other approaches to create new traditions. As the contributors show, educators draw on different foundational research and different theoretical discussions. Thus, this global survey raises new questions and casts a new light on what has become a too-familiar discipline in the United States.

Author : Dell H. Hymes
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1980
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : UCSC:32106006603291

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Language in Education by Dell H. Hymes Pdf

Eight essays in ethnolinguistics were compiled for this monograph. "Functions of Speech: An Evolutionary Approach" represents an introduction to the application of linguistic knowledge to the historical and sociological study of peoples. "Speech and Language: On the Origins and Foundations of Inequality among Speakers" expands on the theme of diversity, inequality, and evolution, with discussions of writing and of the views of Bernstein and Jurgen Habermas. "Qualitative/Quantitative Research Methodologies in Education: A Linguistic Perspective" addresses the development of linguistics. The three middle chapters, "What Is Ethnography?""Ethnographic Monitoring," and "Educational Ethnology," are concerned in complementary ways with what counts as legitimate knowledge and who is counted as entitled to know. The status of narrative as a form of knowledge is addressed in "Narrative Thinking and Story-Telling Rights: A Folklorist's Clue to a Critique of Education" (with Courtney Cazden). The final chapter, "Language in Education: Forward to Fundamentals" weaves together many of the themes of the book, expressing a concern that an ethnographic or ethnolinguistic perspective not be trivialized and vulgarized. (JB)

Author : Ruth Page,Johann Wolfgang Unger,Michele Zappavigna,David Barton
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 213 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2014-06-27
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781317676430

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Researching Language and Social Media by Ruth Page,Johann Wolfgang Unger,Michele Zappavigna,David Barton Pdf

Social Media is fast becoming a key area of linguistic research. This highly accessible guidebook leads students through the process of undertaking research in order to explore the language that people use when they communicate on social media sites. This textbook provides: An introduction to the linguistic frameworks currently used to analyse language found in social media contexts An outline of the practical steps and ethical guidelines entailed when gathering linguistic data from social media sites and platforms A range of illustrative case studies, which cover different approaches, linguistic topics, digital platforms, and national contexts Each chapter begins with a clear summary of the topics covered and also suggests sources for further reading to supplement the initial discussion and case studies. Written with an international outlook, Researching Language and Social Media is an essential book for undergraduate and postgraduate students of Linguistics, Media Studies and Communication Studies.