summary of `home talk and school talk`

On her article titled `Home Talk and School Talk`, dated 09/09/2008, Anne van Kleeck explains how home talk and school talk differ from each other and how cultures affect school success of students. She classifies the differences into three parts, why we talk, how we talk, what we talk about. When we use home talk for daily activities, school talk is used generally for educational needs. We talk at home in a more closely environment. In school we talk more carefully and give more time to conversation. In home talks we often focuse on subjects related on family. Against, we use school talk to generally educational matters. On the other hand, cultural structure of families is an important factor on the school success. In some families applying pre school activities, students are more successful rather than students of families not giving importance to pre school activities. Teachers recognizing differences between this two group student should approach carefully try to help them.