Pre-Reading
(Note: a UK/European perspective on what used to be called the Ethnography of Communication)
Tusting, K. (2025). Linguistic ethnography. In L. Litosseliti (Ed.), Research methods in linguistics (3rd ed, pp. 289–317). Bloomsbury Academic. https://doi.org/10.5040/9781350429192 (UBC LINK to Edited Volume)
Recommended Reading
Duff, P. A. (2019). Social dimensions and processes in second language acquisition: Multilingual socialization in transnational contexts. Modern Language Journal, 103(S1), 6–22. https://doi.org/10.1111/modl.12534 (UBC LINK)
Additional Reading
Theory & Methods
Duff, P. A., & Yamamoto, M. (in press a). Language socialization approaches to second language acquisition in changing multilingual contexts. In D., Atkinson & L., Taylor (Eds.), Alternative approaches to second language acquisition (2nd Ed.). Routledge. (link to reading)
Duff, P. A., & Yamamoto, M. (in press b). Theoretical multiplicity and methodological variation in multilingual socialization research. In B., Smith, & E., Berman (Eds.), The Oxford handbook of language socialization. Oxford University Press. (link to reading)
King, K. A., & Mackey, A. (2016). Research methodology in second language studies: Trends, concerns, and new directions. Modern Language Journal, 100(S1), 209–227. https://doi.org/10.1111/modl.12309 (UBC Link)
Rampton, B., Maybin, J., & Roberts, C. (2015). Theory and method in linguistic ethnography. In J. Snell, S. Shaw, & F. Copland (Eds.), Linguistic ethnography: Interdisciplinary explorations (pp. 14–50). Palgrave Macmillan UK. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137035035_2 (link to reading)
Thematized Sample Studies (classroom and non-classroom research)
Dorm interaction on L2-Chinese gender norms:
Diao, W. (2016). Peer socialization into gendered L2 mandarin practices in a study abroad context: Talk in the dorm. Applied Linguistics, 37(5), 599–620. https://doi.org/10.1093/applin/amu053 (UBC LINK)
Classroom ethnography on classroom discussion of current events:
Duff, P. A. (2002). The discursive co-construction of knowledge, identity, and difference: An ethnography of communication in the high school mainstream. Applied Linguistics, 23(3), 289–322. https://doi.org/10.1093/applin/23.3.289 (UBC LINK)
Critical ethnography on raciolinguistics at secondary school:
Talmy, S. (2010). Becoming “Local” in ESL: Racism as Resource in a Hawai‘i Public High School. Journal of Language, Identity & Education, 9(1), 36–57. https://doi.org/10.1080/15348450903476840 (UBC LINK)
Multimodality, class discussions and poster presentation in STEM:
Yamamoto, M. (2024). Multimodal academic discourse socialization: Examining geoscience students’ disciplinary knowledge construction and socialization at a Canadian university. Applied Linguistics, 45(6), 1050–1074. https://doi.org/10.1093/applin/amae060 (UBC LINK)
Workshop Activity Materials