Using A Polar Grounded Composite To Describe The Socio-Cultural Determinants Of ESL Teaching In Rural Fijian Schools

Authors

Béatrice Boufoy-Bastick, University of GuyanaFollow

Abstract

This paper utilizes a grounded narrative to report on the most culturally-Fijian characteristics of teaching. The grounded narrative is a qualitative reporting methodology used to convey the Fijian educational setting vividly and authentically. It highlights the salient cultural characteristics that typify Fijian teaching by depicting a most culturally-extreme Fijian rural school, the 'ideal type'. This description effectively highlights the sociocultural determinants of Fijian school ethos by reporting on extreme aspects of English teaching and daily school management.

Keywords

Qualitative Reporting, Grounded Narrative, Grounded Theory, ESL, Teaching Methods, and Fiji

Publication Date

6-1-2003

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 4.0 International License.

DOI

10.46743/2160-3715/2003.1886

Recommended APA Citation

Boufoy-Bastick, B. (2003). Using A Polar Grounded Composite To Describe The Socio-Cultural Determinants Of ESL Teaching In Rural Fijian Schools. The Qualitative Report, 8(2), 177-194. https://doi.org/10.46743/2160-3715/2003.1886