Parent-teacher conferences (PTCs) are important institutional encounters to promote a constructive dialogue and alliance between the school and the family system. However, cooperation between parents and institutional actors is not always straightforward, especially in the case of foreign parents. Because of the unequal familiarity of the latter with the institutional frameworks and language resources needed to participate effectively in PTCs, foreign parents risk having less communicative resources to rely on in the joint construction of the interaction. In this paper we focus on eight PTCs with foreign parents, paying attention to occurrences where children’s learning diffculties are linked by teachers to their language skills. Using a conversation analysis framework, we will observe how language issues are intertwined with cultural, identity, and moral aspects that need special attention in order to enhance and support the effective construction of educational alliances between schools and families.

I colloqui genitori-insegnanti rappresentano un momento istituzionale dove sostenere l’alleanza e il dialogo costruttivo tra scuola e famiglia. Tuttavia, la cooperazione tra genitori e attori istituzionali non è sempre semplice, soprattutto nel caso di genitori stranieri. Osservando l’ineguale familiarità di questi ultimi con i quadri di riferimento e le risorse linguistiche necessarie per partecipare efficace- mente ai colloqui è possibile scorgere il rischio che i genitori stranieri abbiano un minore accesso alle risorse comunicative necessarie nella costruzione congiunta dell’interazione. In questo articolo ci concentreremo su otto colloqui tra insegnanti e genitori stranieri prestando attenzione ai momenti in cui le difficoltà di apprendimento dei bambini vengono associate alle loro competenze linguistiche. Attraverso l’analisi della conversazione, osserveremo come questioni linguistiche si intreccino con aspetti culturali, identitari e morali che necessitano di particolare attenzione se si vuole valorizzare e sostenere la costruzione effettiva di alleanze educative tra scuola e famiglia.

“Il peso della lingua” : la costruzione dell’alleanza educativa con le famiglie straniere nei colloqui genitori-insegnanti = “The Burden of Language” : Building the Educational Alliance with Foreign Families in Parent-Teacher Conferences

Chiara Dalledonne Vandini
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2023

Abstract

Parent-teacher conferences (PTCs) are important institutional encounters to promote a constructive dialogue and alliance between the school and the family system. However, cooperation between parents and institutional actors is not always straightforward, especially in the case of foreign parents. Because of the unequal familiarity of the latter with the institutional frameworks and language resources needed to participate effectively in PTCs, foreign parents risk having less communicative resources to rely on in the joint construction of the interaction. In this paper we focus on eight PTCs with foreign parents, paying attention to occurrences where children’s learning diffculties are linked by teachers to their language skills. Using a conversation analysis framework, we will observe how language issues are intertwined with cultural, identity, and moral aspects that need special attention in order to enhance and support the effective construction of educational alliances between schools and families.
2023
Chiara Dalledonne Vandini, Davide Cino
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