Chang Chih-Hao
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Synchronous (Onsite) Effects of Parental Involvement on Students’ English Performance in Taiwan: Focusing on English Private Tutoring more
Sun, Apr 30, 13:30-13:55 Asia/Seoul
Research in a variety of contexts suggests that parental involvement is correlated with children’s educational success; however, studies are lacking that evaluate the relationships between English private tutoring (EPT), parental involvement, and students’ academic performance. To address this gap, this paper investigates the effects of parental involvement on the academic attainment of Taiwanese students with a focus on the breadth of EPT. Data from the Taiwanese national college entrance exams in 2017 and 2018 were collected to obtain and design a pretest–posttest control group. Based on the results of a two-stage least squares regression analysis, the findings revealed that parents’ private tutoring (PT)-related activities, parent–school contacts, EPT, and self-learning were significantly associated with students’ increased academic gains in comparison to certain dimensions of parental involvement, such as discussions between the parents and their child/children and the monitoring of the child/children by the parents.
Synchronous (Onsite) Bilingual education in a globalized age: An ecological perspective on two Chosonjuk schools in China more
Sun, Apr 30, 10:30-10:55 Asia/Seoul
Drawing on ecological perspectives, this study investigates changes in the bilingual education of ethnic Koreans in China in the context of globalization. Focusing on two Chosonjuk (ethnic Korean in China, 朝鲜族)schools in Northeast China that experienced challenges due to declining enrollment as a result of the increasing popularity of attending Han (ethnic Han Chinese, 汉族) schools, this study discusses the ways in which these two schools repositioned their bilingual programs to leverage the Korean (Chosonmal, 朝鲜话) and Mandarin(Putonghua, 普通话) languages as linguistic capital and the ways in which such repositioning affected the school choices of Chosonjuk families and other student families. Our findings show that these two schools implemented a series of changes, including the provision of individualized instruction to students to meet their specific needs and the enrollment of Han students and international students from South Korea who were interested in learning the Korean or Mandarin languages. These practices increased the attractiveness of the two schools to families with a variety of needs and concurrently created an inclusive educational environment for the students.
Synchronous (Onsite) The impact of overseas internships on English achievement: Evidence from undergraduate students in Japan more
Sun, Apr 30, 09:00-09:25 Asia/Seoul
This study investigated the impact of overseas internships on the performance of Japanese undergraduates on the Test of English for International Communication (TOEIC) using a control-group pretest-posttest experimental design. Students participating in overseas internships were compared to their counterparts in a nonoverseas internship control group. Using TOEIC data collected in June 2019 and September 2019, we performed t tests and used a difference-in-differences model with propensity score matching estimation of participation in overseas internships, students’ demographic information, family socioeconomic status variables, and self-learning characteristics. The study showed that students’ participation in overseas internships and self-learning activities had significant effects on TOEIC performance. The findings of this study also indicate that aside from the effects of overseas internships experience and self-learning on students’ academic performance, learner autonomy may be important for improving students’ performance. This study sheds light on the association between overseas internships and students’ academic achievement and makes an important contribution to the broader conceptual literature.
