Affiliation:
1. San Diego State University, Department of Communicative Disorders, San Diego, CA 92065
Abstract
Difficult discourse is a term that describes sociological and psychological difficulties that arise in the conflict of culture, language, and ideology between the American educational system and minority language students. This article will address the discourse demands of students and families in school, the changing demographics requiring our understanding of difficult discourse, and philosophies/controversies in bilingual education. Furthermore, it will focus on the difficulties of children who are limited English proficient and their parents in comprehending school discourse, school culture, and expected interactional styles. Additionally, examples of difficult discourse and a case example will be provided. Finally, specific strategies for reducing difficult discourse will be introduced.
Publisher
American Speech Language Hearing Association
Subject
Speech and Hearing,Linguistics and Language,Language and Linguistics
Reference38 articles.
1. Indochinese refugee families and academic achievement;Caplan N.;Scientific American,1992
2. Chang J. M. & Lai A. (1992 November 26–29). LEP parents as resource: Enhancing language and literacy development of LEP students with learning disabilities . Luo Di-Sheng Gen International Conference on Overseas Chinese University of California Berkeley CA.
3. Language assessment and intervention with LEP children;Cheng L.;Topics in Language Disorders,1989
Cited by
6 articles.
订阅此论文施引文献
订阅此论文施引文献，注册后可以免费订阅5篇论文的施引文献，订阅后可以查看论文全部施引文献