What are some ways to effectively communicate with the parents of an ESL student?
Communicating effectively with the parents of an ESL student is very important to the students progression of learning. Many ESL teachers are from a cultural environment where the school is quite basic to life, as in the U.S., where the school was often a community center. However, many cultures around the world do not associate school with community but often with oppression, governmental authority and so forth; ESL teachers must be aware of this. It may be very difficult to encourage some parents to attend functions at the school even when language barriers are not a factor.
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