ESL Parents and Teachers: Towards Dialogue?

被引:4
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作者
Guo, Yan [1 ]
Mohan, Bernard [2 ]
机构
[1] Univ Calgary, Fac Educ, Calgary, AB T2N 1N4, Canada
[2] Univ British Columbia, Dept Language & Literacy Educ, Vancouver, BC V5Z 1M9, Canada
关键词
ESL education; ESL parent-teacher intercultural communication; parents' night; systemic functional linguistics; dialogue across differences; practical reasoning;
D O I
10.2167/le731.0
中图分类号
G40 [教育学];
学科分类号
040101 ; 120403 ;
摘要
Conflict and miscommunication 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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页码:17 / 33
页数:17
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