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Guo, Yan – School Community Journal, 2010
Research in home-school communication has incorporated little, to date, about participation by English as a second language (ESL) parents. This article examines the communication processes between recent Chinese immigrant parents and Canadian teachers at secondary school Parents' Nights. Drawing from observations of three annual Parents' Nights,…
Descriptors: Focus Groups, Parent Participation, Parent Teacher Cooperation, Cultural Differences
King, Christopher R. – 1981
Based on the theoretical concepts and research methodology of Paul Ekman and Wallace Friesen, a study examined the emblems (gestures with exact verbal meanings) of Punjabi (India) immigrants in Canada. A limited repertoire of 63 emblems was elicited from nine Punjabi informants and then shown to nine Canadian citizens and one United States…
Descriptors: Adults, Body Language, Communication Research, Cross Cultural Studies
Payne, David E.; Caron, Andre H. – 1981
A study investigated the effects of mass media, interpersonal communication, and sociolinguistic background on adults' political, cultural, and economic attitudes and agendas. Data for the study came from two earlier research efforts: one conducted in Minnesota, involved 414 adults who were interviewed concerning their media use, interpersonal…
Descriptors: Adults, Communication Research, Comparative Analysis, Cultural Differences