ESL Parents and Teachers: Towards Dialogue?  

Oleh:

Guo, Yan ; Mohan, Bernard

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Language and Education (Full Text) vol. 22 no. 1 (2008), page 17-33.
Topik: ESL education; ESL parent–teacher intercultural communication; parents’ night; systemic functional linguistics; dialogue across differences; practical reasoning
Fulltext: Vol. 22, No. 1, p 17-33.pdf (241.7KB)

Isi artikel

Conflict andmiscommunication between English as a Second Language (ESL) parents and teachers has had a major impact on educational policy, but few empirical studies examine it as discourse. This study examines communication between ESL parents and high school ESL teachers in a ‘Parents’ Night’ (PN) event organised to increase understanding of the ESL programme. It examines an intercultural communication view and a ‘dialogue across differences’ view, using a more comprehensive systemic functional linguistics view to describe the discourse of the event and locate it in its contexts. It explores explanations for a conflict that occurred, draws implications about the role of each view and considers prospects for the future development of ESL parent–teacher communication.

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