‘Doing school’: cross cultural encounters

Edwards, V. (2015) ‘Doing school’: cross cultural encounters. TESOL in context, 25 (1). pp. 4-15. ISSN 1030-8385

Abstract/Summary

In this paper, a series of vignettes is used to explore important current challenges in TESOL. These vignettes are drawn from many different settings, including Bengali-, Pahari- and Chinese-speaking children in UK primary schools, speakers of Aboriginal English in Australia and Chinese teachers of English on courses in Higher Education. A number of themes run through these different contexts: What counts as literacy and learning? What are the expectations of the students and, in the case of school children, their parents? How do these differ from those of their teachers? What power issues shape these expectations? In answering these questions, emphasis will be placed on the dangers of ‘othering’ and the importance of syncretic approaches that recognize and build on student experience.

Item Type	Article
URI	https://reading-clone.eprints-hosting.org/id/eprint/59832
Refereed	Yes
Divisions	Arts, Humanities and Social Science > Institute of Education > Language and Literacy in Education
Publisher	Australian Council of TESOL Associations
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