Understanding Language Practice in Intercultural Contexts : A Methodology

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• A methodology is sought for the task of understanding the influences on the practice of a world language (English) in an intercultural workplace of predominantly non-native speakers, an increasingly predominant venue for language (especially English) use. First, there is a discussion of the proper theoretical orientation to this task, with the conclusion that a "grounded" theory-generating approach is preferable to a hypothesis-driven approach. Next, a two-step methodology is proposed: the first step is an ethnography that aims to construct a chracterisation of the social / cultural context of the workplace; the second step is an analysis of real language data according to categories uncovered in the ethnography. A recently completed study is used to exemplify this methodology.

著者

• Thompson Alan

  名古屋商科大学外国語学部

関連論文

• Understanding Language Practice in Intercultural Contexts : A Methodology
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• Explaining English Language Practice in an Asia-Pacific Inter-Cultural Workplace

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