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Guo, Yan – School Community Journal, 2010
Research in home-school communication has incorporated little, to date, about participation by English as a second language (ESL) parents. This article examines the communication processes between recent Chinese immigrant parents and Canadian teachers at secondary school Parents' Nights. Drawing from observations of three annual Parents' Nights,…
Descriptors: Focus Groups, Parent Participation, Parent Teacher Cooperation, Cultural Differences
Guo, Yan – TESL Canada Journal, 2006
When I visited Canadian elementary and secondary schools over the past 10 years, many teachers told me that it was difficult to get English-as-a-second language (ESL) parents involved in K-12 education. I was often asked by teachers, "Why don't they show up at school?" The absence of ESL parents from school is often misinterpreted as…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Parent Participation, Parent School Relationship, English (Second Language)