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ABSTRACT
This article on hand discusses results of an ethnographic study which aims to perform a detailed description of practices of doing homework in a domestic environment. Based on the international state of research, first the question and the methodical approach will be explained, subsequently the role conflicts and stress ratios developed while doing homework in a family environment will be presented on the basis of two contrasting cases. To conclude, the homework-linked intrusion of school into familiar surroundings, regarding the parental involvement in contradictory requirements, will be analysed.
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Notes
1. Unlike in English grammar, capitalization plays a crucial role in German. Some of the rules are simple (nouns are capitalized, verbs are not), but there are also a number of exceptions and complicated lexical and syntactic constructions that are less easy to learn.