+1 862 207 3288 Topic: Ethnolinguistic Observation/Assimilator
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Language and Culture
Ethnolinguistic Observation/Assimilator
Assignment Overview:
• “Try to extract communicative rules by observing the behaviors that do or do not occur in various contexts and the reactions of members of a
community to each other’s actions” (Bonvillain, 2014, p. 3).
Purpose:
• To visit diverse language contexts and observe people’s dynamic language use
• To analyze the knowledge/assumptions/norms of language of the people of the community
Procedures/Requirements:
1. Go to a public place (library, coffee shop etc…) where some people are using language two times. For this assignment, you cannot be a
participant or interact with people (it will interfere with your observation). Position yourself so that you are relatively unobtrusive and can
observe what people publicly say and do. Do not eavesdrop! Do not tape or audio record anyone! Make notes about who is there and what you observe. It
will help you if you make notes as detailed as possible. Observe for about 30-40 minutes. At a different time, repeat the procedure and do a second
observation in the same public place. The second observation does not have to involve the same people but must be in the same place.
2. Write a report of your observations, including your analysis and interpretation of what you observed, and create one culture assimilator scenario
based on your analysis. Your paper needs to include three sections: context, analysis, and culture assimilator scenario.
1. Context (25%): Describe the contextual setting (times, dates, and place of your observation), physical information of the public place, and the
people who used the place during your observations in detail. In addition, describe the knowledge/assumptions/norms that all speakers of the
community (may) share about the place. The descriptions should be supported by your observation data.
2. Analysis (50%): An analysis of the knowledge/assumptions/norms all speakers of the community (may) share about the place by relating them to
aspects of culture and language we discussed so far in class. That is, what can you tell about the knowledge/assumptions/norms from the language and
other behaviors you observe? Again, your analysis should be based on your observation, which means the examples/samples of what you actually heard in
observations should be included in order to support your assumptions and conclusions.
3. Culture Assimilator Scenario (25%): One culture assimilator scenario that you might use for ESL/EFL students. Follow the models shown in Brislin
(1986) and other examples found online—one scenario, multiple possible answers, and explanation of each answer as correct/incorrect with relevant
cultural information.
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