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An insider account of the processes of doing ethnography, drawing upon the
authors’ own experiences and linking them to key issues that arise, especially
those in the fi elds of language and literacy research.
Hymes, D. (1974) Foundations in Sociolinguistics: An Ethnographic Approach.
Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press.
A seminal work exploring the contribution of an ethnographic orientation to linguistic
description and analysis; an important text for anyone interested in understanding
the development of the notion of communicative competence.
Leung, C. (2005) Convivial communication: Recontextualizing communicative
competence. International Journal of Applied Linguistics 15 (2), 119–144.
A critical review of the renderings of the notion of communicative competence in
second/additional language education; the relevance of Hymesian ethnographic
sensibilities is discussed against a backdrop of contemporary developments.
Lillis, T. and Scott, M. (2007) Defi ning academic literacies research: Issues of epistemology,
ideology and strategy. Journal of Applied Linguistics 4 (1), 5–32.
A recent defi nitive overview of a new fi eld within which the approach to student
writing has been redefi ned to take account of social practice perspectives on
literacy.
Street, B. (ed.) (2005) Literacies across Educational Contexts: Mediating Learning and
Teaching. Philadelphia: Caslon Publishing.
A theory-conscious collection of papers exploring literacy practices and educational
issues in different world locations that include out-of-school learning; formal
learning in institutional settings; and learning in early years, higher education and
adult education environments.
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