- He recommends the use of ethnography in writing classes
- Focus of ethnography= "language"
- He has essay assignments such as: speaking and writing"by the context or situation in which they occur" (80). The second assignment was "that successful communication derives from a knowledge of rules governing such situations" (80).
- The assignment should "engage students to discover and describe a speech situation i which they were 'at loss'"(80).
- Speech community categories: proverbs, folk-tales, myths, and jokes
- Bring examples of "regional and nonstandard dialects into the classroom" (80).
- students should "record and transcribe their own speech for dialect analysis"(80).
- through interview students can become listeners and interpreters of others' speech
- He recommends students to do "mock" interviews in class
- Ethnography can extend to community's social institutions and customs
- ethnographers= "study of language in more senses than just the linguistic" (80).
- work draws people together
- "doing ethnography" is doing research and connecting to the research
2)Quotes & Responses/ Reactions:
-" Interviews with the townspeople showed Veronica that it's more than geography that keeps these people together" (81).
I agree with this quote because every town has a certain community vibe that makes them connected. I lived in Davis so bikes and farmers market keeps us as a community.
-"Moreover, in using ethnography teachers send a clear message to students that their communities are worthy of study even in, of all places, the classroom" (82).
-"I recommend that students engage in 'mock' interviews of each other in class" (80).
I recognized the word "mock interviews" on learn because thats an activity we will be doing in class. I also think they are going to be helpful.
2) Questions for Discussion:
- Is ethnography used in actual classrooms?
- What does it mean when he said "at a loss"
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