A STUDY OF TAIWAN’S JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS’ ATTITUDES TOWARD A BILINGUAL ENVIRONMENT IN SCHOOLS
指導教授: 張玉玲 博士
Advisor: Dr. Ye-ling Chang
研究生: 呂淑文 撰
Graduate: Shu-Wen Lu
中 華 民 國 九 十 五 年 十 一 月
November 2006
Significance of the Study
The reason why this study is significant can be explained from three aspects. First, this study investigates Junior high school students’ perceptions, attitudes, viewpoints, and their participation towards the bilingual environment. Consequently, this research might offer some empirical messages for English teachers in Taiwan about conducting a bilingual environment. Second, the results of how students improve their English learning in a bilingual environment can inspire teachers to provide appropriate stimulations to their students. Third, it is hoped that this study may help junior high school students for providing the information of how they can improve their English learning in a bilingual environment.
Limitations of the Study
Three limitations of the study are generalized as follows. First, the sample size of this study is small. The subjects in this study were 35 students from two classes in a junior high school in southern Taiwan. The sample for this study was restricted to the urban area. Consequently, it is hard to generalize the study findings to all the EFL students in Taiwan. Second, it is unpredictable whether the subjects respond to the questionnaires honestly. The subject responses to the questionnaires may be out of researcher’s control. Third, owing to the limited time for answering the questionnaires, the format of the questionnaires consists of only 24 questions. Therefore, the study may be not able to
