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This chapter sets out to describe the methodological steps taken in conducting the investigations reported in this book including the basic data collection and analysis processes employed. In particular, I elaborate on how within the framework of ethnography a case study approach was used to develop insights into young people’s use of English in their everyday realities. I also present research contexts and participants and I delineate how I implemented data collection tools and procedures in my investigations. Finally, my approach to data analysis and the steps I took to analyse data are presented in the final sections of the chapter.
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Rothoni, A. (2019). Researching Young People’s Everyday English Literacies. In: Teenagers’ Everyday Literacy Practices in English. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-33592-2_3
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