Provides a microethnographic approach to the discourse analysis of classroom language and literacy events. This type of a social linguistic or social interactionist approach combines attention to how people use language and other systems of communication with attention to social, cultural, and political processes.

David Bloome, Stephanie Power Carter, Beth Morton Christian, Shelia Otto, Nora Shuart-Faris

Contents: B.V. Street, Foreword. Introduction. A Microethnographic Approach to the Discourse Analysis of Classroom Language and Literacy Events. A Microethnographic Approach to the Discourse Analysis of Cultural Practices in Classroom Language and Literacy Events. Microethnographic Discourse Analysis and the Exploration of Social Identity in Classroom Language and Literacy Events. Microethnographic Discourse Analysis and the Exploration of Power Relations in Classroom Language and Literacy Events. Locating Microethnographic Discourse Analysis Studies of Classroom Language and Literacy Events and the Research Imagination. Appendix: Transcription Key.