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Speaking Culturally: Explorations in Social Communication (S U N Y Series in Human Communication Processes)

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Speaking Culturally: Explorations in Social Communication (S U N Y Series in Human Communication Processes)
Gerry Philipsen
Manufacturer: State University of New York Press
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Situating Selves: The Communication of Social Identities in American Scenes (Suny Series, Human Communication Processes)
Learning How to Ask: A Sociolinguistic Appraisal of the Role of the Interview in Social Science Research (Studies in the Social and Cultural Foundations of Language)
Writing Ethnographic Fieldnotes (Chicago Guides to Writing, Editing, and Publishing)
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Hunger of Memory: The Education of Richard Rodriguez

ASIN: 0791411648

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Con Respeto: Bridging the Distances Between Culturally Diverse Families and Schools : An Ethnographic Portrait

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Aztec history lovers, this is for you
This is not the entire picture
Educating Parents

Con Respeto: Bridging the Distances Between Culturally Diverse Families and Schools : An Ethnographic Portrait
Guadalupe Valdes
Manufacturer: Teachers College Press
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Binding: Hardcover

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The First R: How Children Learn Race and Racism
Teaching Other People's Children: Literacy and Learning in a Bilingual Classroom (Practitioner Inquiry Series)
Subtractive Schooling: U.S. Mexican Youth and the Politics of Caring
Learning and Not Learning English: Latino Students in American Schools (Multicultural Education, 9)
Mollie Is Three: Growing Up in School

ASIN: 0807735272

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Aztec history lovers, this is for you.......2004-09-24

I learned more about the Mexica worldview from living with eight Mexican families, through this book, than from all the old codices combined. The little precolumbian homilies children got in Tenochtitlan--little rules for living that created respectful, self-respecting children--they go by a different name but remain unchanged! Here in California half of all children are born to Mexican parents. The Catholic/Aztecan patriarchy does not mix with the go-it-alone Yankee work-ethic, period. For example: To move away from your family for a better-paying job is to fail miserably. What are material possessions if your children's grandparents are so far away?

That alone helps explain Mexican poverty, but how rich they are in other ways! The author doesn't offer a solution to this culture shock. The solution is clearly up to us, and we can learn so much from each other!

One of my son's teachers used to be a prosecuting attorney (she even looks like Marcia Clark), and she teaches 10-year-olds how to debate by playing devil's advocate herself--the pupil is emotionally in the witness box. How is a child who was taught by age three NEVER to interrupt an adult supposed to summon the courage to raise his or her hand, let alone sharply disagree with a teacher? We could make it clearer to them that there will be times to speak out as adults, and school is practice for that, in a safe environment. We can also learn something from Mexicans about how to raise polite, courteous children.

The author could not, for the life of her, make the concept of feminism understood. "But my husband works as hard as I do!" was all the women could say. The marriages are rock-solid because husband and wife respect and depend on each other. (Where's the famous wife-beating? I've read elsewhere that in Mexico highly educated men are far more likely to abuse their wives, because in a patriarchy a man's reputation is dependent upon the behavior of his family, and the higher the position, the more a man has to lose. Different world!)

What a great way to understand Mexico and the people we share the continent with. Thanks to this book, if I get something home from school that I, a native speaker of English with a college education, find absurd or incomprehensible, I go on the warpath for the sake of the Hispanic families in town. A state-wide, sex-and-drugs questionaire PERMISSION SLIP policy was changed through a direct request from me. I keep buying used copies of Con Respeto to give away to principals and teachers.

Excellent work for a changing country, Dr. Valdes. A popular version, with more from the husbands and more photographs, would easily become a 5-star best-seller.

This is not the entire picture.......2002-10-16

The person that reviewed this book so far cannot understand, maybe empathize, what the parents of these children endure in a society that is dominated by the notion of "whiteness". The only parents talked about, are those immigrants who speak Spanish and are often the target of repeated injustices. As an educator, most parents are like the parents discussed in the book. Of course, the differences like language, culture, and the history of different populations and what those implications entail, are very critical factors to consider. The previous review is a helpful one because it reaffirms what people still believe and continue to do-blaming "others," the victims, for why they and generations after them are still not doing well.

Educating Parents.......2000-07-03

Finally! Finally we have an ethnographer who is able, or maybe just willing, to research the heart of the matter. Why do immigrant children have problems assimilating; why are they less likely to go to class; why are they less likely to graduate; why do they feel marginalized? Guadalupe Valdes attempts to answer these questions in her book Con Respeto by interviewing and observing the lives of ten mexican-american families. Similar ethnographies have focused on the school environment --- what are these immigrant children experiencing at school that would cause them to be marginalized the way they are? Valdes, who still looks at the school environment, spends the majority of her time examining the families of the immigrant students, and what their home life consists of. This deeper examination proves very fruitful by clearing up possible misconceptions one could have walked away with after reading books like Jocks and Burnouts, Gender Play, and Made in America. Are the parents responsible for the triumphs, and in many cases, the failures of their children in school? Valdes would say, yes, but only partially. The schools, Valdes feels, could still do more, or at least communicate more effectively with the parents.

What can be done to make the learning experiences of these immigrant children more pleasant and more fruitful? Until now, the majority of literature has focused on what the school could do differently in terms of how they could better teach these children. Strategies have been mentioned like better understanding of the children's needs, or better understanding of the children's culture, or more money and resources for materials designed to use the child's own culture as a basis of the curriculum. Valdes, on the other hand, makes a strong case that maybe the parents should be given a better understanding as to why education is important in the first place, thus empowering them to help their own children succeed at school.

Throughout Con Respeto, Valdes illustrates how the relationship between the parent and child could develop into one that is discouraging to the child's education. She states that even though the families recognize that school is important they often do not know why. She shows that as a result, these parents could send mixed signals to their children and actually hamper their education. She also shows how parents might become fearful of the education their children are getting: will my children some day leave me, will my children stop respecting me, will they think I'm dumb. These beliefs by parents could also be harmful to a child's education.

As to what should be done, the issue still seems somewhat uncertain. There are plenty of good arguments for government intervention and for the "changing of families," as Valdes put it. There are also plenty of good arguments for the flip side: leave the families alone, or at least, don't intervene, which, by the way, Valdes acknowledges as very important. Valdes makes it clear, in her final chapter, that she supports neither side fully, and that what should be done is uncertain -- perhaps, Valdes reveals, people should just understand what these families are going through.

Culturally Speaking (College ESL)
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Culturally Speaking (College ESL)
Rhona B. Genzel
Manufacturer: Heinle & Heinle Publishers
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Binding: Paperback

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Culturally Speaking
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Culturally Speaking
Spencer-oatey , and Helen Spencer-Oatey
Manufacturer: Continuum International Publishing Group
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Binding: Paperback

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Public Speaking in a Culturally Diverse Society
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Public Speaking in a Culturally Diverse Society
Patricia Kearny , and Timothy G. Plax
Manufacturer: Mayfield
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Speaking Culturally: Language Diversity in the United States (Sage Series on Race and Ethnic Relations)
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Speaking Culturally: Language Diversity in the United States (Sage Series on Race and Ethnic Relations)
Fern L. Johnson
Manufacturer: Sage Publications, Inc
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In Speaking Culturally: Language Diversity in the United States, author Fern Johnson probes the rich cultural legacies and deep cultural dimensions underlying discourse in the U.S. This culturally rich examination of discourse places the changing demographics of the United States in linguistic perspective and draws upon the author’s "language-centered perspective on culture" to illuminate the discourses associated with gender and with African Americans, Hispanic Americans, and Asian Americans. Language is placed in the context of the histories, multiplicities, and cultural themes influencing its users.

The final section of the book explores the implications of language diversity, first by showing how culturally nuanced language carries consequences in the justice and medical systems, in school, and at work; and then by examining two of the most heated language issues in the country today: ebonics and bilingual education. Johnson concludes by advocating bilingual education for all citizens, regardless of native language.

INTRODUCTION TO CAMBODIAN CULTURE LAOS CULTURALLY SPEAKING INTRODUCTION TO VIETNAMESE CULTURE

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INTRODUCTION TO CAMBODIAN CULTURE LAOS CULTURALLY SPEAKING INTRODUCTION TO VIETNAMESE CULTURE
Sun-Him; Luangpraseut; Te, Huynh Dinh Chhim
Manufacturer: Southeast Asia Community Resource Center
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: 1882337077

The Bible Culturally Speaking: Understanding the Role of Culture in the Production, Presentation And Interpretation of God's Word

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The Bible Culturally Speaking: Understanding the Role of Culture in the Production, Presentation And Interpretation of God's Word
Glenn Rogers
Manufacturer: Mission and Ministry Resources
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Introduction to Cambodian Culture/Laos Culturally Speaking/Introduction to Vietnamese Culture
Sun-Him, Etal. Chhim
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Culturally Speaking: Enhance Everyday English Conversation With Stylish and Sophisticated Foreign Words and Phrases

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Culturally Speaking: Enhance Everyday English Conversation With Stylish and Sophisticated Foreign Words and Phrases
Marion Forrest
Manufacturer: Forrest Productions
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Binding: Audio Cassette

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