Do teacher-parent relationships have any impact on EFL language proficiency

Journal of Teaching English Lnaguage Studies

مقاله 3، دوره 2، شماره 1، آبان 2013، صفحه 31-40   

نویسنده

Mehdi Latif^*

Islamic Azad University, Takestan Branch

چکیده

Various studies focusing on the effectiveness of teacher-parents relationship emphasize the positive effects of parents’ involvement in education. This study aimed to examine the effects of teacher-parents relationship on Iranians EFL learners’ language proficiency at elementary level. It also aimed to find how this relationship may influence  parents’ motivation and attitude with regard to their role in education. In this study a permanent relationship with parents was created through writing weekly letters to them. By these letters parents were informed about absence or presence of their children, quality of doing assignments, children’s behavioral problems, children’s scores in class quizzes,  etc. The results showed that permanent teacher-parents relationship can increase students’ language proficiency and parents’ motivation.

کلیدواژه‌ها

Parents؛ parents’ involvement؛ teacher-parent relationship؛ motivation؛ students’ success

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