Re-conceptualising ethnography to teach culture in foreign language classrooms
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Source
Issue
Vol. 2016, Issue 17 (31 Jan. 2016), pp.7-19, 13 p.
Publisher
Ecole Normale Supérieure-Asia Jabbar
Publication Date
2016-01-31
Country of Publication
Algeria
No. of Pages
13
Main Subjects
Educational Sciences
Languages & Comparative Literature
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Abstract EN
Ethnography in foreign language teaching is seen not as a source of material for teachers, but as a methodology to be adopted by the teachers/learners in order to learn/explore the foreign language culture.
The aim of this paper is neither to emphasise the necessity to teach the target language culture nor to trace the history of teaching culture along or within a foreign language but to conceptualise an ethnographic approach to teaching culture.
As a process approach to teaching culture, this approach repositions learners as researchers and researched and teachers as facilitators.
Following ethnographic methodology, the learners look at culture through an ethnographer’s lens.
They make use of ethnographic techniques such as observations, description and interpretation of the “behavioural repertoire” of a given society to generate new knowledge.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Atamna, al-Khayr. 2016. Re-conceptualising ethnography to teach culture in foreign language classrooms. Forum de L' enseignant،Vol. 2016, no. 17, pp.7-19.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-800436
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Atamna, al-Khayr. Re-conceptualising ethnography to teach culture in foreign language classrooms. Forum de L' enseignant No. 17 (Jan. 2016), pp.7-19.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-800436
American Medical Association (AMA)
Atamna, al-Khayr. Re-conceptualising ethnography to teach culture in foreign language classrooms. Forum de L' enseignant. 2016. Vol. 2016, no. 17, pp.7-19.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-800436
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references : p. 17-19
Record ID
BIM-800436