Communication Between Early Educators and Parents who Speak English as a Second Language A Semantic and Pragmatic Perspective |
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| Authors: | Gregory A Cheatham Yeonsun Ellie Ro |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Special Education, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, 66045, USA
2. College of Education, University of Memphis, Memphis, TN, 38152, USA
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| Abstract: | In this article, we discuss communication between early educators speaking their native language and parents who speak English as a second language. Parents who may have a limited proficiency in the second language face challenges to understanding semantic and pragmatic aspects of English. Actual early childhood conference talk in which parents were speaking English as a second language will illustrate potential difficulties to listening comprehension and communication. Additionally, semantics and pragmatics will be used as a framework for recommending strategies to facilitate these parents?? ability to comprehend and communicate during discussions with early educators. |
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