Ethnography in the Writing Classroom.

Tinberg, Howard B.

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ERIC Number: EJ385190

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Publication Date: 1989

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Ethnography in the Writing Classroom.

Tinberg, Howard B.

College Composition and Communication, v40 n1 p79-82 Feb 1989

Recommends that students conduct ethnographic studies of language in their own communities. Emphasizes that the focus ought to be conventions of speaking and writing, as well as conventions that govern the conduct, the "texts," of a culture. (RAE)

Descriptors: Community Study, Cultural Differences, Discourse Communities, Ethnography, Higher Education, Language Research, Research Methodology, Sociocultural Patterns, Speech Habits, Student Research, Teaching Methods, Writing Instruction

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Guides - Classroom - Teacher

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Language: English

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