| Summary: | 碩士 === 國立屏東大學 === 華語文教學碩士學位學程 === 104 === The number of elemnentary school students whose mothers are foreigner brides is increasing. They are frequently observed inferior to their counterparts whose mothers are natives in learning achievement. This study explored how the English learning achievement of the two groups of students is influenced by individual innated and acquired factors.
A set of theoretical concepts of educational psychology, educational socioloty, and linguistics were integrated to construct the theory of the research. Quasi-experimental design was employed in processing the case study conducted on an elementary school in Pingtung. A total of 248 students were sampled, and among them there were 38 students of foreigner-bride mothers. Quantitative data were collected from the grade report of a period exam, including listening comprehension, writing, and total scores. Eleven teachers were interviewed to collect qualitative data, which serve to explain the association between learning achiement and indivudal backgroud factors.
Findings of statistical analysis indicate a sliding trend of learning achievement following the advancement of grades. It is contributed by the score of writing rather than that of listening comprehension. It holds for students of foreigner-bride as well as native mothers. No difference was observed in overall, listening comprehension, and writing acheievement. Those students whose mothers are foreigner brides are found poorer in performance in general. The grade of writing varies among those who attend after-school learning programs and those who do not. Indivividual background factors are accounted for writing and the resulting overall grade of those students who were born to foreigner-bride mothers.
Findings broke the myth that students of foreigner-bride mothers are born inferior to their counterparts in all regards. Their affordability to attend after-school English learning programs influences their achiement in the subject. Free school after-class prgrams for these students are called for.
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