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Han, Keunah Lee. "Academic Performance and Cultural Adaptation of South Korean Parachute Kids." Diss., Temple University Libraries, 2012. http://cdm16002.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p245801coll10/id/168570.
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This study investigates how Korean Parachute Kids perform academically in their schools and what social factors contribute to Korean Parachute Kids' academic performance. Korean children who came to the U.S. for educational purposes without their parental supervision are called `Korean Parachute Kids'. They have several characteristics: most of them come from high SES families, their parents have high expectations of their children and force them to go to the U.S., Korean Parachute Kids are pressured to attend Ivy League colleges, and their parents tend to compensate for their absence with money or presents. Korean Parachute Kids who come to the United States without their parents encounter many problems, both academically and socially. Many Korean Parachute Kids struggle to adjust and face academic failure due to language barriers, cultural differences, and the different curricula in the U.S. This failure occurs even though acquiring an education is the reason for Korean Parachute Kids' stay in the U.S. and is what their parents have invested exorbitant amounts of money. In light of the absence of their parents, many Korean Parachute Kids' behaviors go unchecked, which may, in turn, cause these children to be maladjusted in many aspects of their school lives. Korean parents' high expectation for their children's academic success is regarded as one of the factors that cause their children to misbehave. Research is needed in order to inform Korean parents and Korean and U.S. society about the academic and social implications of early study abroad for Korean children. Guidelines should also be provided in order for Korean parents to discern what the good and bad aspects of early study abroad in the U.S. are for their children. This research will also be beneficial to educators in America in that they will be aware of Korean Parachute Kids' academic and social difficulties in school since the number of Korean Parachute kids who study in the U.S. continues to increase.
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Repo, L. (Leo). "Here’s Rode the laiskimus laiskimus:heteroglossic resources and translanguaging in the communication of third culture kids." Master's thesis, University of Oulu, 2017. http://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:oulu-201711303230.
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The focus of this pro gradu thesis is on observing situations of flexible language use and heteroglossic resources within the spoken language of third culture children in Namibia. The study was conducted as qualitative research and the method used for analyzing the data was by observing the languaging habits of the participants in the video material. The research material includes self-recorded video and audio material for the use of which written consent has been received. The participants’ names have been changed to protect the anonymity of the subjects. The analysis is focused on the communication methods of the children in the family. The theory is based upon modern theories on heteroglossia and translanguaging, but will also take into consideration more traditional viewpoints on bilingualism and code-switching. The concepts of heteroglossia and translanguaging will allow for an analysis of the material that is not restricted by traditional linguistic boundaries and will also take into consideration the culture and identity of the participants. The results of this thesis can be used to understand the situations in which switching between different languages happens and the outlying social and cultural factors affecting the use of multilingual repertoire. I have come to the conclusion that language use is not only a factor of linguistics but the linguistic decisions often mirror the identity or social status of the speaker. The speakers often make the decision to use a certain language in a way that fits their identity, culture and the social constructs surrounding them. The results of this thesis will provide some insight on why code-switching happens and how flexible language use can be seen as something that provides an opportunity for fluent self-expression through diverse use of an individual’s linguistic repertoire, and not as something that reflects linguistic competenceTämän opinnäytetyön tarkoituksena on havainnoida joustavan kielenkäytön tilanteita ja heteroglossisten resurssien käyttöä Namibiassa asuvien lähetyslasten puhutussa kielessä. Painopisteenä on keskittyä tilanteisiin, joissa kieltä vaihdetaan huomioiden samalla mahdolliset kulttuuriset ja yhteiskunnalliset tekijät, jotka vaikuttavat kielen vaihtumiseen. Tutkimus toteutetaan kvalitatiivisena tutkimuksena ja tietojen analysoimiseen käytettynä menetelmänä toimi havainnointi osanottajien kielellisistä valinnoista ja resursseista videomateriaaleissa. Tutkimusaineistoon kuuluivat äänitetyt video- ja äänimateriaalit, joiden käyttämiseen on saatu kirjallinen suostumus. Videomateriaali keskittyy perheen lasten viestintämenetelmiin ja osallistujien nimet on muutettu henkilöiden nimettömyyden suojelemiseksi. Tutkimuksen teoria perustuu heteroglossisten resurssien ja joustavan kielenkäytön nykyaikaisiin teorioihin, kuitenkin huomioiden myös perinteisemmät näkemykset kaksikielisyydestä ja kielenkäytöstä. Heteroglossia käsitteenä mahdollistaa aineiston analysoimisen tavalla, jota ei rajoita perinteiset kielelliset rajat. Tämä mahdollistaa samalla myös osanottajien kulttuurin ja identiteetin huomioimisen. Tämän opinnäytetyön tuloksia voidaan hyödyntää, kun pyritään ymmärtämään kielellisiin valintoihin vaikuttavia kulttuurisia ja sosiaalisia tekijöitä. Kielelliset valinnat eivät liity vain kielitieteeseen, sillä valinnoillaan puhuja voi osoittaa kuuluvansa tiettyyn kulttuuriin, ryhmään tai omaksuvansa tietynlaisen identiteetin. Puhujat tekevät usein päätöksen käyttää tiettyä kieltä tavalla, joka sopii heidän identiteettiinsä, kulttuuriinsa ja ympäröivään sosiaaliseen rakenteeseen. Tämän opinnäytetyön tulokset tuovat lisäarvoa sille, miksi kieltä useimmiten vaihdetaan ja kuinka joustavaa kielenkäyttöä voidaan pitää asiana, joka tarjoaa mahdollisuuden sujuvaan itseilmaisuun ja uusien kielien oppimiseen
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Chen, Dong Qi Kayla. "Gender-related differential item functioning analysis on the GEPT-kids." Thesis, University of Macau, 2018. http://umaclib3.umac.mo/record=b3953512.
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Ulrey, Kathleen S. "Dinner needs cooked, groceries need bought, diapers need changed, kids need bathed tra[c]king the progress of need + past participle across the United States /." Muncie, Ind. : Ball State University, 2009. http://cardinalscholar.bsu.edu/716.
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Zheng, Shu Hui Sara. "A study of listening proficiency of young learners in Zhuhai based on GEPT-Kids." Thesis, University of Macau, 2018. http://umaclib3.umac.mo/record=b3953790.
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Ridley, Jackie. "Connecting Kids to Texts: Connections, Positioning, and Participation in an ESL Book Group with Refugee and Immigrant Youth." The Ohio State University, 2020. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu159533670252271.
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Baginski, Ruth Lee Dewald. ""The orange-box kids" : a study of the motivations toward reading and writing of rural South Carolina high school students in a developmental reading and english class /." The Ohio State University, 1998. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1487951214939997.
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Sabadin, Marlene Neri. "O ensino de inglês em uma escola pública municipal do oeste paranaense: um estudo de caso etnográfico." Universidade Estadual do Oeste do Parana, 2006. http://tede.unioeste.br:8080/tede/handle/tede/2534.
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Previous issue date: 2006-03-03This research was carried out in a West city of Paraná State. Its goal was to analyze the introduction of English as a Foreign Language for children in elementary school. To reach this goal some classes had been recorded and analyzed in order to describe the teacher-student interaction and the activities in the classroom. Besides that some interviews had been done with the principal and the teacher of English as a way to collect information about the curriculum, language teaching planning and the school facilities to improve the English learning process. For this reason it was used ethnographic microanalysis as classes observation, field diaries and research of other educational documents. To analyze the data collected in the English Language classic authors had been read to accomplish the research and to comprehend the data. It was noticed that the quantity of input during the English class had been scarce, characteristic very similar to English classes to teenager students, from 5th grade to 8th grade, since teacher have not good fluency in English, then they use to teach through grammar and translation activities with some drills. It was very productive if teachers could improve their own languages abilities, even oral ability, by English courses provided by the University. These courses might pre service or in service in order to prepare teachers to face this new challenge teach English for kids.
Esta pesquisa foi feita numa cidade no oeste do Estado do Paraná. Seu objetivo foi analisar a introdução do inglês como língua estrangeira para crianças das séries iniciais do ensino fundamental. Para alcançar este objetivo, algumas aulas foram gravadas e analisadas de forma a descrever a interação professor-aluno e as atividades em sala de aula. Além disso, algumas entrevistas foram feitas com a professora de inglês e a diretora da escola, de forma a reunir informações sobre o planejamento das aulas e os recursos escolares para aperfeiçoar o processo de aprendizagem de inglês. Para tanto, nas observações das aulas, diários de campo e outros documentos educacionais, foram utilizados a microanálise etnográfica. Para analisar a coleta de dados na língua inglesa foram lidos autores clássicos para realizar a pesquisa e compreender os dados. Foi percebido que a quantidade de insumo durante as aulas de inglês era ínfima, característica muito similar às aulas de inglês dos adolescentes de 5ª a 8ª séries. Ocorre que os professores não apresentam boa fluência em inglês, então costumam ensinar através de atividades de gramática e tradução com algumas atividades de repetição. Seria muito produtivo se os professores pudessem aperfeiçoar-se em suas próprias habilidades lingüísticas, igualmente na habilidade oral, através de cursos ofertados pela universidade. Estes cursos poderiam ser de graduação ou de formação continuada de forma a preparar os professores para encarar este novo desafio, que é ensinar inglês para crianças.
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Griffin, B. L. "Kinds of time : genre and the English history play." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 1996. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.599709.
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This dissertation investigates the genre of the 'history play' from its origins in medieval drama to the beginning of the 17th century. Chapter 1 reviews previous efforts to define the genre; criteria for inclusion are tested against a census of contemporary references. It is proposed that neither the 'Tudor purposes of History' nor source-materials can define the genre; and that the record shows history plays were on well-known English subjects. Chapter 2 reconstructs the lost plays on St Thomas of Canterbury. Drama in the early 16th century was affected by the change from Catholicism to Protestantism, specifically the change from the Mass to the ('memorialising') Lord's Supper; the greater distance of the dead meant an increased perception of the importance of memory. The saint plays are suggested as antecedents of the histories, and Bale's King Johan is interpreted as an anti-saint play. Against these dramas of sacrifice, there is the drama of the 'timeless' world of ritual and seasonal cycle. Chapter 3 discusses the Coventry folk-play The Conquest of the Danes with the aim of reading it as drama rather than festive ritual; conversely, the earliest surviving 'popular-theatre' history, The Famous Victories of Henry V, is interpreted with regard to its own orientation in a cyclical world. Chapter 4 discusses the historical knowledge against which contemporary experience of the plays can be reconstructed. The native-historical subject brings specific kinds of pressure to bear upon dramatic narrative. The uniqueness of historical drama is located in its 'immersion' within a narrative context which is known to the audience. The 1580s saw the rise of a set of conventions designed to stress the sense of 'immersion', which attenuated the senses of beginning and ending; this is traced in Gorboduc and Locrine. This was not the birth of the history play, but its recovery from the shock of Reformation iconoclasm.
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Fuller, Gary Stephen. "The Virgin's Kiss: Gender, Leprosy, and Romance in the Life of St. Frideswide." BYU ScholarsArchive, 2012. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/3234.
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The longer thirteenth-century Middle English verse life of Saint Frideswide found in the collection of saints' lives known as the South English Legendary (SEL) narrates an event unique to medieval hagiography. In the poem, a leper asks the virgin saint to kiss him with her "sweet mouth," which she does in spite of her feelings of considerable shame, and the leper is healed. The erotic nature of the leper's request, Frideswide's reluctance to grant it, and her shame throughout the incident represent a significant departure from the twelfth-century Latin texts on which the SEL version of the saint's life is based. In this paper, I provide a deeper critical analysis of the text than has previously been attempted, exploring the SEL version of the leper's healing from medieval perspectives on leprosy, gender, religious authority, and genre. By the thirteenth century, leprosy in hagiographic texts had come to symbolize the abject condition of Christ himself, and saints' lives invariably portrayed their protagonists as eager to embrace and kiss lepers as a means of serving Christ. Frideswide's shame and reluctance to kiss the leper greatly contrast with generic convention and cause her gender to emerge as a defining holy attribute inexplicably demanded by the leper's exigency. The SEL-poet's portrayal of Frideswide's gender as a vital component of her healing power is consistent with medieval conceptions of personhood, from which gender could not be separated. The poet crafts the scene of the leper's healing using conventions not only of hagiography but of romance as well; this hybridization of genres creates tension between sanctity and eroticism in the scene. The poet's depiction of the saint as simultaneously exceptional and human may have been a reaction against the contemporary ecclesiastical landscape, in which female authority and influence were limited. Moreover, the romantic language used by the poet to create tension also makes Frideswide's story more accessible to lay readers by transforming the relationship between supplicant and saint into an interaction between a courtly lover and his lady.
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Korkut, Nil. "Kinds Of Parody From The Medieval To The Postmodern." Phd thesis, METU, 2005. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12606707/index.pdf.
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This study approaches parody as a multifarious literary form that has assumed diverse forms and functions throughout history. The study handles this diversity by classifying parody according to its objects of imitation. Three major parodic
kinds are specified: parody directed at texts and personal styles, parody directed at genre, and parody directed at discourse. In the light of this classification, this study argues that different literary-historical periods in Britain have witnessed the prevalence of different kinds of parody –
a phenomenon that may be accounted for mainly through the dominant literary, cultural, social, and ideological characteristics of each period. Although all periods from the Middle Ages to the present are considered in this regard, the study attributes a special significance to the postmodern age, where parody has become not only an essential area of inquiry but also a highly popular and widely produced literary form. In line with this emphasis, the study contends further that postmodern parody is primarily discourse parody. It argues, in other words, that discourse is the most essential target of parody during the postmodern age &
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a phenomenon which can again be explained through the major concerns of postmodernism as a movement. In addition to situating parody and its kinds in a historical context, then, this study engages in a detailed analysis of parody in the postmodern age, preparing the ground at the same time for making an informed assessment of the direction parody in general and its kinds in particular may take in the near future.
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Mokin, Carla. "Pause, Rewind: Temporal Manipulation in Chris Ware’s Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid on Earth." Scholarship @ Claremont, 2013. http://scholarship.claremont.edu/scripps_theses/218.
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The nearly 400-page graphic novel Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid on Earth is widely recognized as the culmination of the comic medium on both an aesthetic and contextual level, as well as graphic artist, Chris Ware’s magnum opus. Ware is known for his intricate and multi-leveled narratives, often involving multiple time periods, which produce a level of realism that simultaneously portrays the complexity and mundanity of everyday life. Jimmy Corrigan is primarily about a thirty year old man, Jimmy, who was abandoned by his father when he was
very young, and grew up with his single mother in Chicago. As an adult, Jimmy is a painfully shy, quiet, and passive person. He has no friends, is afraid to talk to women, spends his days in a cubicle, and his nights at home alone. His mother calls him on the phone incessantly, which seems to be the extent of his human interaction. The combined effect of his behavior and lifestyle renders Jimmy a kind of ‘manchild,’ devoid of a clear identity or will.
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Husić, Halima [Verfasser], Tibor [Gutachter] Kiss, Francis Jeffry [Gutachter] Pelletier, Gennaro [Gutachter] Chierchia, and Agata [Gutachter] Renans. "On abstract nouns and countability : an empirical investigation into the countability of eventuality denoting nominals / Halima Husić ; Gutachter: Tibor Kiss, Francis Jeffry Pelletier, Gennaro Chierchia, Agata Renans ; Fakultät für Philologie." Bochum : Ruhr-Universität Bochum, 2020. http://d-nb.info/1214442994/34.
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Hewitt, Brett Alan. "PROSECUTING PIRATES: PROCEDURAL INCONSISTENCIES IN ENGLISH PIRACY TRIALS, 1701-1726." Case Western Reserve University School of Graduate Studies / OhioLINK, 2017. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1496931879080006.
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Wong, Alexander Tsiong. "Aspects of the kiss-poem 1450-1700 : the neo-Latin basium genre and its influence on early modern British verse." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2015. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.708782.
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Kaczorowski, Kimberly E. "The Anatomy of Love: What It Is, With All the Kinds, Causes, Symptoms, Prognostics, and Several Cures of It." Miami University / OhioLINK, 2009. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1251817533.
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Rixer, Johanna. "KISSing and other strategies for successful communication : A case study on communication between Nordic and Chinese business people using English as a lingua franca." Thesis, Karlstads universitet, Institutionen för språk, litteratur och interkultur, 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kau:diva-45424.
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This is a case study on the communication between Nordic and Chinese business people using English as a lingua franca in their business communication. The aim of this paper is to establish if misunderstandings in communication occur between Chinese and Nordic language speakers (Finnish and Swedish) in a business environment and, if they do, what the nature of these misunderstandings is. In this paper, recorded conversations are analysed to establish if there are misunderstandings between the parties. The recordings were made at a global industrial company in Sweden and in China. Interviews with the participants were also carried out in order to establish their own ideas concerning the communication flow and to find out if the participants are themselves aware of using any particular communication strategies when interacting with one another. The results of the case study show that there were some misunderstandings in the communication between Nordic and Chinese business people; however, there were not any particularly serious misunderstandings with respect to the company’s business aims and objectives. The results indicate that the parties use communication strategies to enhance their messages and to determine if a message has been conveyed successfully. The strategies that were commonly used were confirmations in the form of follow-up questions and speaking slowly. Written or non-verbal communication were found to be used as a supplement to verbal communication. A strategy that the participants themselves noted as successful was keeping their messages short and simple. This is also known as the KISS-principle. The result of the study indicates potential misunderstandings caused by the Chinese using Yes as an act of active listening rather than agreement and it is suggested that an awareness of this cultural difference may help improve the intercultural communication between the parties.
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Hebert, Joy A. Ms. "A Critical Study of Sue Monk Kidd's The Secret Life of Bees." Digital Archive @ GSU, 2011. http://digitalarchive.gsu.edu/english_theses/117.
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Sue Monk Kidd’s The Secret Life of Bees (2002) tells the story of a motherless fourteen-year-old Lily Owens, raised by a cruel father, who desperately searches for clues to unlock her mother’s past. Kidd’s bildungsroman reveals the incredible power of black women, particularly a group of beekeeping sisters and a black Mary, to create a safe haven where Lily can examine her fragmented life and develop psychologically, finally becoming a self-actualized young lady. Lily’s matriarchal world of influence both compares and contrasts with the patriarchal world represented in Mark Twain’s Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, exposing the matriarchy’s aptly structured ways of providing a more healing environment than is Huck Finn’s. Kidd’s novel also showcases the stylistic strategies of first person narrative point of view, language, dialect, and the motif of place in order to contextualize the social awareness and psychological development Lily gains through her journey.
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Chang, Ho-ling, and 張鶴齡. "A Study of English Learning Condition of Young Kids-- An Example of an English Only Kindergarten in Taichung City." Thesis, 2004. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/82163396611442103977.
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碩士南華大學
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English, as an international language, is also an important tool in daily life. English teaching has been incorporated into elementary school curriculum under the Grade 1-9 Curriculum education policy. The age of first-learners has dropped from junior high school level to elementary or even down to pre-school level. As a result, many pre-schools claim to provide English-only teaching environment. These schools quote language learning theories in order to justify English teaching to very young learners claiming English only teaching is equivalent to the whole language learning. However, the theory of whole language is based on the first language learning environment. Whether those English-only pre-schools actually apply whole language learning method or whether those schools are simply quoting a scientific theory to justify such practices will be discussed in this thesis. This paper apply the theory of whole language teaching along with the perspectives of social linguistic, psychological linguistic and Emergent Literacy as base theories and discuss former topics by qualitative research method and observation. An English-only pre-school is selected as the research sample. In order to discuss and study the topics, clinical observation, data analysis and “in-depth interview” were used to collect the information of actual practice of English-only teaching. The result reveals two important findings. First, even though the English-only teaching pre-schools assert that English is merely a language used to teach pre-school curriculum, the number of English courses outnumbers the standard pre-school curriculum. Overwhelming amount of materials is forced into young kids in such single-language environment in the attempt to deliver results in a short time to the parents. In sum and all, the pre-school are nothing more than English cram schools. Second, these schools cannot recreate a whole-language environment as they claimed since whole language teaching theory emphasizes the language learning in the first language setting, as well as learning of culture and the logics. On the other hand, the so-called whole language teaching in the English-only pre-schools simply achieve in temporally setting change and language usage alternation. Therefore, those pre-schools should not promote their practice of English-only teaching as whole language learning.
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Lee, Chiu Yao, and 李秋瑤. "The Study of Customer's Satisfaction of the Child's American Language Market-A Kids English Supplementary School in Taoyuan County as an Example." Thesis, 2008. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/71435681719697817307.
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Abstract Titled “The Study of Customer’s Satisfaction of the Child’s American Language Market-A Kids English Supplementary School in Taoyuan County as an Example ”, this research is aimed to explore parents' satisfaction with a children’s English cram school in Caota Village, Guanyin Shiang. Besides, this study also probed into differences in source of information referred to in the choice of English cram schools, importance attached to various evaluation criteria, satisfaction with and loyalty for the case cram school among parents with various demographic variables. The results were expected to serve as a reference on marketing for children’s English cram school managers. The data were analyzed on SPSS and the following findings were obtained: 1. Motivation: The survey results showed that the parents were motivated to let their children learn English mainly by (1) children’s voluntary participation, (2) building children’s confidence, and (3) cultivating children's interest for learning. 2. Importance rating: Parents were most concerned about (1) professional teachers, (2) administrative staffs, (3) geographic location, (4) teaching materials, and (5) history and scale of the cram school. 3. Satisfaction rating: Parents were most satisfied with (1) administrative staffs, (2) professional teachers, (3) geographic location, (4) course design, (5) fire safety and license (5) history and scale of the cram school. 4. The proposed hypotheses and empirical results: Hypothesis 1: Parents’ rating of importance of children’s English cram schools is not significantly affected by their demographic variables. Partially supported. Hypothesis 2: Parents’ rating of satisfaction with children’s English cram schools is not significantly affected by their demographic variables. Not supported. Hypothesis 3: Parents’ loyalty for children’s English cram schools is not significantly affected by their demographic variables. Not supported.
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Kidd, Dustin Mark. "The @rt institution in the @ge of hyper-reproduction." 1999. http://viva.lib.virginia.edu/etd/masters/ArtsSci/English/1999/Kidd/home.html.
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Cai, Xin Cong, and 蔡昕璁. "“Successful attributes for English chain educational institutions - Joy and Kid Castle in comparison”." Thesis, 2011. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/20272727489019013776.
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The Ministry of Education has required all elementary schools in Taiwan to offer English lessons beginning from their third grade, and there are schools, especially those in urban areas, teaching English from first grade. Even though many young students are taking English lessons in the first grade, their parents still think what they are learning in school is not enough. They will need to study English after school in a private language institute, known as “English Bushiban” or “English chain educational institutions.” These parents hope that their children could attain a certain level of English proficiency before entering into junior high school. Although a large number of research studies regarding children’s English learning are available, very few of them have explored successful attributes for English chain educational institutions. The purpose of the study will be to explore the successful attributes of two different English chain educational institutions. They are Joy and Kid Castle. The questionnaires targeted at administrators, English teachers, and students of English chain educational institutions. Data collection began in January 2008 and ended in August 2008. The instruments used in this study were different versions of questionnaires designed for the three groups of participants and interviewed with some administrators of the two English chain educational institutions. The findings of the current studies indicated that the students, teachers, and administrators of English chain educational institutions seemed to have a positive attitude toward learning English in English chain educational institutions. In terms of advantages of English learning, English chain educational institutions offered students small classes, had a longer period of time for students to study English in contrast to ordinary school, grouped students into classes based on their proficiency levels, hired foreign English teachers, provided better learning equipment, and used effective learning materials for students. Moreover, most of the students reported that learning English in English chain educational institutions have helped students to improve their four language skills−listening, speaking, reading, and writing. Based on those advantages, English chain educational institutions had taught English to young students, the study will unfold the successful attributes to understand how to operate successful businesses for English chain educational institutions globally.
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SHEN, YU-BING, and 沈玉屏. "The Childhood Education Market Strategy and Performance Index－A Case of Kid Castle Children English School Chain." Thesis, 2006. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/85706446748872770055.
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When the Kid-Castle educational institution marches toward the beginning of the internationalization, it causes joining the coordination and control between the general headquarters and shop allied to organize the scale to expand rapidly, become very urgent. This research department passes Focus way to the Kid-Castle for high-order administrative staff, get customer demand of “Kid-Castle” correlate with satisfaction ,etc. firsthand information, in the service items fetched picked will incorporate the quality of serving and launch, will analyze the good and bad situation of customer satisfaction at the same time. Study and probe into analyzing to joining “Kid-Castle” of the chain system of preschool education at present, collect the materials deepening interview, the technology launched through the quality function and then, change the abstract concept into a real project, use to learn the measurement project of the score card of the balance. The empirical result shows: First, construct the surface on the financial affairs, so the financial materials are the business secret, so limit in order to study. Second, in respect to constructing the surface in customer service, with customer satisfaction, stay the striving for rate of index, customer of class rate and index of occupation rate of market. Taste on third, it is in respect to constructing the surface in inside procedure, bycustomer, business district through, customer complaining rate, and the advertisement promotes the number of times. Fourth, in respect to studying and growing up and constructing the surface, with staff's education and training, extending rate of staff's satisfaction, and employee (retaining one's post rate).
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Cheng, Heng, and 鄭珩. "EFFECTS OF TWO KINDS OF TEACHING ENGLISH PHONICS SONGS AND CHANTS ON ELEMENTARY SECOND GRADERS’ PHONOLOGICAL AWARENESS AND WORD RECOGNITION." Thesis, 2014. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/02065696255118847303.
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碩士國立高雄師範大學
英語學系
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The purpose of the study is to investigate the effects of two kinds of teaching English phonics songs and chants on elementary school students’ phonological awareness and word recognition. In addition, the relationship between phonological awareness and word recognition was explored as well. Moreover, students’ attitude toward English learning and their expectations to the teaching were further probed after the instruction. The subjects of the study included 50 students of two second-grade classes in an elementary school of southern Taiwan. During 10-week study of English phonics songs and chants instructions, the two classes were respectively labeled as an experimental group (EG receiving the explicit instruction) and a controlled group (CG receiving the implicit instruction). In addition, students’ pre-instruction and post-instruction performances on phonological awareness and word recognition were compared and analyzed. Finally, the questionnaire on student responses to the phonics songs and chants instruction was administered to the subjects of EG. Their responses and expectations were analyzed quantitatively and qualitatively. Based on the data analyses, the results of the study are summarized as follows: 1. There was no significant difference in the performance of phonological awareness between the experimental group and the controlled group. It infers that both implicit instruction and explicit instruction are beneficial to students’ performance of phonological awareness since both groups showed progress in posttests. 2. There was a significant difference in the performance of word recognition between the experimental group and the controlled group. It reveals that the explicit instruction has significant effects on students’ performance of word recognition. 3. The result of experimental group’s performance of phonological awareness after the explicit instruction showed a significant difference. 4. The result of experimental group’s performance of word recognition after the explicit instruction exhibited a significant difference. 5. In the experimental group, students’ performances of phonological awareness and word recognition were significantly related in the experimental group. 6. The results of the post-instruction questionnaire showed that most of the students in the experimental group gave positive responses to the explicit phonics songs and chants instruction. Based on the findings, the researcher suggested teachers apply explicit phonics songs and chants instruction to activate the students’ interest in English learning.
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Luo, Ya-ling, and 羅雅齡. "Using Kid Mode Computer Applications to Facilitate English Learning—A Case Study on Learning Willingness, Attitudes, and Participation." Thesis, 2012. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/11321476165200679454.
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碩士國立雲林科技大學
應用外語系碩士班
100
The purpose of this case study aimed to gain some insights of learning willingness, attitudes, and participation of utilizing Zoodles Kid Mode Applications. The participants in this study were the researcher, the participant-as-observer, and the researcher’s daughter, Anne, four years and eight months old. The researcher’s daughter launched Zoodles Kid Mode Applications throughout the entire study period, from November, 2011 to February, 2012, total eighteen weeks. Observation, containing field notes, informal conversation, and video recording, weekly parental reports from Zoodles Kid Mode Applications, and an informal interview were used to collect data. The results of this study indicated that the young participant accepted and enjoyed the mode of online learning. She was confident of her ability to launch Zoodles independently. She also had her own free will to choose games and activities. The young participant had positive attitudes toward Zoodles. She invited her parents to join her and experienced various and different subjects and categories of the games and activities derived from Zoodles actively. She was also willing to get involved in Zoodles games and activities repeatedly. Based on the findings of this study, utilizing Zoodles Kid Mode Apps to facilitate English learning may be an alternative from traditional face-to-face instruction. The Language learner could get involved in English games and activities actively. Further studies can be done with participants of several age groups in order to collect more specific data. Some conclusions are also proposed to help parents in choosing English materials and lessons for their children. Keywords: Kid Mode Applications, willingness, attitudes, participation, case study
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HUNG, CHI-WEN, and 洪綺雯. "A Study of Management Strategies for the English Chain Educational Institutions - the Case of Kid Castle Education Institute." Thesis, 2019. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/7cn4rb.
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碩士靜宜大學
管理碩士在職專班
107
This research is mainly to discuss the business strategy of Children’s educational institutions chain from the operators perspective, and to explore the business strategy of Taiwan's well-known Kid Castel brand, to compare the business model and strategy of the school branch in Taiwan and in mainland China, the main source of information are interviews with the head of the Kid Castel Educational Institution Branch and the senior executive responsible for the mainland China market. Through this research it is possible to obtain information of the Kid Castle educational institution, collect relevant literature and reports to analyze the business strategy of the Kid Castel Education institution. In order to survive in a highly competitive market, the business strategy of each brand is absolutely important. Therefore, a case study of Kid Castel educational institution, one of the most famous brands of Taiwanese children's English language education institutions. This study summarized the literature and case studies, and arrives at the following conclusions: (1) The development experience and strategies of Kid Castle Educational Corporation in Taiwan and mainland China, regardless of the core value of the brand, the establishment of development bases, the structuring of channels, the reproduction of business strategies and teaching methods, the promotion of franchise business and the final strengthening of direct business operations, can be used as the best reference for chain institutions of children's education in Taiwan or for their expansion in the mainland market. (2) The timing of the investment of Taiwan's chain institutions of children's education in the mainland is similar, which is in 2001 when China entered WTO with its trend of internationalization after the announcement of economic opening, and at the time when different businesses entered the Chinese market one after another. (3) The mode of chain operation is commonly adopted in the mainland by the children's culture and education industry of Taiwan. (4) The investment environment of the children’s chain culture and education business in mainland China must be carefully evaluated. Although there is broad space for its expansion in mainland China, it can be inferred that there must be some insurmountable obstacles in the development of this business in the mainland market, and careful evaluation is required. (5) The Taiwanese operators of the children’s chain culture and education business have the same motivation to invest in the mainland, and the main reason is that the profits of the business in the Taiwan market have been saturated, and the franchise model has also entered a mature stage. At this time, moving westbound to the mainland is an inevitable trend due to the rapid economic growth after China's entry into WTO, as well as China's Shanghai World Expo and Beijing Olympic Games. (6) With the advent of the AI era, constant innovation is required for the teaching mode of children's chain culture and education business to keep pace with the times and meet the challenges of the AI generation, and therefore early preparations are required.
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Chen, Hsin-lung, and 陳欣隆. "A Study of English Translation of Chang Ta-chun’s Novels My Kid Sister and Wild Child: A Functionalist Approach." Thesis, 2012. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/23069533653057935694.
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碩士國立雲林科技大學
應用外語系碩士班
100
Chang Ta-chun has been regarded as one of the most important figures in the field of Chinese Literature in modern Taiwan, but no adequate research about his novels, especially in translated versions, could be found, which has initiated the completion of this study. The study aimed to analyze and evaluate the English version of Chang Ta-chun’s novels My Kid Sister and Wild Child based on the functionalist approach developed by Christiane Nord. A two-step procedure of text analysis was carried out by the researcher, which started with the analysis of the source text in a model for translation-oriented text analysis, followed by the identification of the translation strategies applied by the translator. Finally the functions and the effectiveness of the target text were evaluated in accordance with Nord’s function-plus-loyalty principle.
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LIN, TING-JU, and 林廷洳. "The Application of Adolescent Fiction — Jeff Kinney's Diary of a Wimpy Kid in Junior High School English Teaching: A case study of Cooperative Learning Approach." Thesis, 2016. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/4xxhw5.
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碩士國立高雄師範大學
英語學系
104
The aim of this study attempts to explore the application of the cooperative learning (CL) approach on EFL adolescent fiction curriculum in a junior high school. Diary of a Wimpy Kid is chosen to be the main reading material. The researcher puts emphasis on investigating the subjects’ learning interests in English reading and adolescent fiction, their attitudes toward CL activities, their responses to the classroom interaction and atmosphere in class, and also their opinions toward the adolescent fiction curriculum in CL approach. The subjects participated in this study including 58 eighth-graders at Daya Junior High School in Taichung. During the twelve-week English reading instruction, all the subjects were required to read the selected adolescent fiction, participating in the CL activities, finishing the assigned worksheets. In this study, the research methods involved the pre-instructional questionnaire and the post-instructional questionnaire in order to examine the students’ reading motivation toward adolescent fiction and the attitude towards the CL activities. Besides, the subjects’ performance of the assigned worksheets, their participation in CL activities, presentation of their ideas, and their interaction with peers were also observed and discussed in this study. The major findings of the study are summarized as follows: 1.This instruction raised the majority of the students’ reading motivation. 2.Most of the students had positive attitudes toward adolescent fiction after this reading instruction. 3.Most of the students enjoyed the CL activities after the reading instruction. 4.The majority of the students had positive interaction with their group members and also pleased with the atmosphere in class. 5.The majority of the students got involved into this instruction, responded positively to the CL activities, and gave some feedback and suggestions to this instruction. As for further studies, it is suggested that EFL teachers can apply CL in teaching reading, making good use of group discussion to raise students’ learning motivation and enhance positive interaction with each other. Furthermore, EFL teachers can use adolescent fiction as their supplementary reading materials in order to reinforce students’ reading proficiency and motivation. With the guidance of teachers and assistance of peers, students will gradually make process in English reading.
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URBANOVÁ, Lenka. "Testování žáků mladšího školního věku z anglického jazyka." Master's thesis, 2013. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-153434.
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This diploma thesis deals with the theme of testing young learners in English. The thesis consists of two main parts - theoretical and practical. The theoretical part deals with testing as one form of assessment. Language skills and subskills are studied and Cambridge Young Learners English Tests are described there in detail. This part also tries to find out the answers to essential questions concerning testing. The practical part investigates how the preparation before CYLET tests and their taking influenced the existing level of pupil´s language skills. The second part also asks whether these tests motivate the students for their further development in English. The case study is based on a one-year observation, the results from questionnaires, and an interview with the teacher who prepared pupils for the exam. The thesis is finished by short essay titled: Why are CYLET tests so motivating?