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The pupils of Confucius meet Socratic

The Taiwanese Students ' Adjustment in the Western Teachers’ language Class

Course : Research Writing and Publish I

Presenter: Chi-Ying Betty Hu

Date : 2008/1/5

Content

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I. INTRODUCTION

II. LITERATURE REVIEW

III. METHODOLOGY

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Introduction

Because learning a second language implies some degree of learning a second cultural, it is important to understand what we mean by the cultural learning.

(Brown, 2007)

Introduction

Certain factors – namely ESL/EFL students’ identity, students’ motivation, and teachers’ recognition toward their students, would be one of crucial parts that may influence students’ foreign language learning.

(Lin, & Yung, 2008)

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Introduction

Students will gain more knowledge, retain more information, and perform far better when teaching styles match learning styles.

(Lage, Platt, & Treglia, 2000)

Statement of the problems

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Many studies argue for the need of exploring the mismatch between EFL students’ attitudes/expectations about learning/teaching and their American teachers’, however, few studies explore Taiwanese students’ adjustment in the foreign teachers’ class.

Purpose of the study

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To investigate the Taiwanese students’ perspective on the foreign teachers’ teaching style.

To investigate the Taiwanese students’ perspective on the foreign teachers’ teaching style.

To investigate the Taiwanese students’ adjustment to the foreign teachers’ teaching style.

To investigate the Taiwanese students’ adjustment to the foreign teachers’ teaching style.

To investigate the influence of the foreign teachers’ teaching style on Taiwanese student’s learning attitude.

To investigate the influence of the foreign teachers’ teaching style on Taiwanese student’s learning attitude.

Research Questions

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(1)what are the Taiwanese students' perspective on foreign teachers’ teaching style?

(1)what are the Taiwanese students' perspective on foreign teachers’ teaching style?

(2) how do the Taiwanese students adjust to the foreign teachers’ teaching style?

(2) how do the Taiwanese students adjust to the foreign teachers’ teaching style?

(3) what are the influence of the foreign teachers' teaching style on Taiwanese students’ learning attitude?

(3) what are the influence of the foreign teachers' teaching style on Taiwanese students’ learning attitude?

Literature Review

Culture

Academic culture in distance

Teaching style

Learning style and strategy

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Culture

Brown (2007) explained that cultural is the way of life. It is the context within which we exist, think, feel and related to others and it’s is also the “glue” that binds a group of people together

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Academic cultural in distances

The academic cultures in distance occur more often in the academic setting where the classroom consists of two main roles of nonnative students of English and native teachers of English

(Lin, 2007)11

Teaching Style

Main teaching style

Formal Authority

Demonstrator or Personal Model

Facilitator

Delegator

(Felder & Soloman, 1992)

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Learning style and strategy

“Style, whether related to personality or to cognition, characterizes the consistent and enduring trials, tendencies, or preferences that differentiate you from another person”

(Brown, 2007)

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Learning style and strategy

“Strategies, on the other hand, are specific methods of approaching a problem or task, modes of operation for achieving a particular end, or planned designs for controlling and manipulating certain information.”

(Brown, 2007)

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Research Procedures

Pilot studyPilot study

Formal studyFormal study

Quantitative research

Quantitative research

1000 questionnaires for six target schools

1000 questionnaires for six target schools

3 Taiwanese students

3 foreign teachers

3 Taiwanese students

3 foreign teachers

Qualitative research

Qualitative research

Data analysisData analysis

Methodology

Targets schools

Private school

Public school

University

University of technology

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Methodology

Instrument participants

Questionnaire 600 students

Interview 3 foreign teachers

3 Taiwanese students

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Data analysis

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QuestionnaireQuestionnaire SPSS Independent T test Descriptive Statistics

InterviewInterview the methods by Marshall and Rossman (1999)

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