Limited English fluency and low native-language literacy among parents hinder school communication in ELL communities¶
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q2 i? Communities with large ELL populations face the additional challenge of communicating with parents who may have limited English fluency and comparatively low native-language literacy. → Beth Tarasawa 2015
Evidence¶
Beth Tarasawa 2015¶
Beth Tarasawa, Jacqueline Waggoner. (2015). Increasing parental involvement of English language learner families: What the research says. Journal of Children and Poverty, 21(2), 129–134. https://epsl.asu.edu/epru/documents/EPSL-0801-250-EPRU.pdf doi:10.1080/10796126.2015.1058243
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The brief identifies parent communication as a barrier: parents "may have limited fluency in English and comparatively low levels of literacy in their native languages". This is a descriptive synthesis, citing Arias and Morillo-Campbell (2008); no effect sizes are reported.
"communities with large ELL populations face the additional challenge of communicating with parents, who may have limited fluency in English and comparatively low levels of literacy in their native languages"
Discussion¶
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Limited English fluency and low native-language literacy among parents hinder school communication in ELL communities |
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Limited English fluency and low native-language literacy among parents hinder school communication in ELL communities |
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