Despite being long-standing practice among schools across the world, most studies on international school partnerships focus on its benefits and challenges as perceived by teachers and students. Little emphasis has been given to parental perspectives and support, particularly among low-income families. With the increase of community involvement in education, how this partnership program may benefit the foreign language learning of millennials has become a matter of increasing concern among parents. This qualitative study explores Indonesian parents’ perspectives of international school partnerships between Indonesian and Australian schools, and how these partnerships support the learning of English as a foreign language and technology utilization. Results from questionnaires and semi-structured interviews indicate parental belief that the program reviewed is an authentic approach to foreign language learning and an appropriate mode of technology-based self-expression. To facilitate their children’s learning of English and development of cross-cultural understanding, most parents, despite economic limitations, are willing to support their children’s involvement in the international partnership that is the focus of this study.

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印尼家长对涉及千禧一代学习者的国际学校合作伙伴关系的看法

尽管是世界各地学校的长期实践，但大多数关于国际学校合作伙伴关系的研究都集中在教师和学生认为的好处和挑战上。很少强调父母的观点和支持，特别是在低收入家庭中。随着社区对教育的参与度增加，这一合作计划如何让千禧一代的外语学习受益，已成为家长越来越关注的问题。这项定性研究探讨了印度尼西亚家长对印度尼西亚和澳大利亚学校之间国际学校合作伙伴关系的看法，以及这些合作伙伴关系如何支持将英语作为外语学习和使用技术。问卷和半结构化访谈的结果表明，家长相信所审查的课程是一种真实的外语学习方法，也是一种基于技术的自我表达的适当模式。为了促进孩子的英语学习和跨文化理解的发展，尽管经济有限，大多数父母都愿意支持他们的孩子参与国际伙伴关系，这是本研究的重点。