Ethnography for Specific Purposes: Teaching and Training in Parallel.

Boswood, Tim; Marriott, Alison

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ERIC Number: EJ481594

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1994

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Ethnography for Specific Purposes: Teaching and Training in Parallel.

Boswood, Tim; Marriott, Alison

English for Specific Purposes, v13 n1 p3-21 1994

Principles of ethnographic inquiry are used to address professional training needs of English-for-Special-Purpose teachers interacting with clients in a business environment. A course designed for English teachers in Hong Kong that explores "discourse communities" is described. (Contains 25 references.) (Author/LB)

Descriptors: Business Communication, Discourse Communities, English for Special Purposes, Ethnography, Foreign Countries, Inservice Teacher Education, Professional Development, Second Language Learning

Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Hong Kong

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