Pub Date : 2024-02-25DOI: 10.1007/s40299-024-00825-6
Yonghou Liu, Tianle Li, Quan Zhong
{"title":"Influencing Factors of Second Foreign Language Motivation in the Era of Global English: The Case of Chinese University Students’ French Learning","authors":"Yonghou Liu, Tianle Li, Quan Zhong","doi":"10.1007/s40299-024-00825-6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s40299-024-00825-6","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":501239,"journal":{"name":"The Asia-Pacific Education Researcher","volume":"25 7","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-02-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140432075","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-02-24DOI: 10.1007/s40299-024-00830-9
Anas Hajar, Almira Tabaeva
Private tutoring (PT) has significantly expanded worldwide in recent decades. Despite its popularity and implications for the operation of formal education systems and cultural and social development, research on English private tutoring (EPT) is still in its infancy. Guided by Bronfenbrenner’s ecological theory (1994), this mixed-methods study is the first to explore the EPT experiences of primary school students (ages 11–12) in Uzbekistan using a closed-ended questionnaire and two qualitative participatory methods—group interviews and children’s drawings. The questionnaire data suggest that out of 1024 students, 574 (56%) and 321 (32%) had received PT and EPT, respectively, to improve their examination scores in English and/or expand their knowledge. The 50 interviewees acted agentively by reflecting on the benefits of EPT and externalising their decreasing trust in school English teaching both verbally and visually. Furthermore, EPT did not seem to constitute financial pressure on most families because 62% indicated that their parents spent 50,000–100,000 Uzbek sum ($5–10) per month on EPT, which was largely conducted in groups in tutorial centres or within schools. To produce the desired policy effects, this study urges policymakers to enhance the quality of teaching in mainstream schooling and issue effective PT regulatory measures.
{"title":"Primary School Students’ Experiences of English Private Tutoring in Uzbekistan Using Participatory Methods","authors":"Anas Hajar, Almira Tabaeva","doi":"10.1007/s40299-024-00830-9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s40299-024-00830-9","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Private tutoring (PT) has significantly expanded worldwide in recent decades. Despite its popularity and implications for the operation of formal education systems and cultural and social development, research on English private tutoring (EPT) is still in its infancy. Guided by Bronfenbrenner’s ecological theory (1994), this mixed-methods study is the first to explore the EPT experiences of primary school students (ages 11–12) in Uzbekistan using a closed-ended questionnaire and two qualitative participatory methods—group interviews and children’s drawings. The questionnaire data suggest that out of 1024 students, 574 (56%) and 321 (32%) had received PT and EPT, respectively, to improve their examination scores in English and/or expand their knowledge. The 50 interviewees acted agentively by reflecting on the benefits of EPT and externalising their decreasing trust in school English teaching both verbally and visually. Furthermore, EPT did not seem to constitute financial pressure on most families because 62% indicated that their parents spent 50,000–100,000 Uzbek sum ($5–10) per month on EPT, which was largely conducted in groups in tutorial centres or within schools. To produce the desired policy effects, this study urges policymakers to enhance the quality of teaching in mainstream schooling and issue effective PT regulatory measures.</p>","PeriodicalId":501239,"journal":{"name":"The Asia-Pacific Education Researcher","volume":"32 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-02-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139954861","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-02-20DOI: 10.1007/s40299-024-00822-9
Chih-Hung Wu, A.-How You, Tse-Ping Dong, Chih-Hsing Liu
{"title":"Analysis of Factors Influencing Intention to Engage in Online Learning in Chinese Calligraphy and Their Mediation Effects","authors":"Chih-Hung Wu, A.-How You, Tse-Ping Dong, Chih-Hsing Liu","doi":"10.1007/s40299-024-00822-9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s40299-024-00822-9","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":501239,"journal":{"name":"The Asia-Pacific Education Researcher","volume":"772 ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-02-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140446133","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-02-08DOI: 10.1007/s40299-024-00820-x
Honggang Liu*, Bin Chen, Xiaoxue Li, Xueheng Zhou
{"title":"Exploring the Predictive Role of Self-Efficacy in Engagement Among EFL Teachers in Online Teaching: The Mediation of Buoyancy","authors":"Honggang Liu*, Bin Chen, Xiaoxue Li, Xueheng Zhou","doi":"10.1007/s40299-024-00820-x","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s40299-024-00820-x","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":501239,"journal":{"name":"The Asia-Pacific Education Researcher","volume":"24 7-8","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-02-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139853734","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-02-08DOI: 10.1007/s40299-024-00820-x
Honggang Liu*, Bin Chen, Xiaoxue Li, Xueheng Zhou
{"title":"Exploring the Predictive Role of Self-Efficacy in Engagement Among EFL Teachers in Online Teaching: The Mediation of Buoyancy","authors":"Honggang Liu*, Bin Chen, Xiaoxue Li, Xueheng Zhou","doi":"10.1007/s40299-024-00820-x","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s40299-024-00820-x","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":501239,"journal":{"name":"The Asia-Pacific Education Researcher","volume":"212 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-02-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139793672","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-02-01DOI: 10.1007/s40299-024-00823-8
Chang Liu, Mei-Yen Chen
{"title":"Delinking from Monolingual Norms: A Case Study of Chinese Postgraduate Students’ Translanguaging Practices in English Academic Writing","authors":"Chang Liu, Mei-Yen Chen","doi":"10.1007/s40299-024-00823-8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s40299-024-00823-8","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":501239,"journal":{"name":"The Asia-Pacific Education Researcher","volume":"14 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139890748","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-02-01DOI: 10.1007/s40299-024-00823-8
Chang Liu, Mei-Yen Chen
{"title":"Delinking from Monolingual Norms: A Case Study of Chinese Postgraduate Students’ Translanguaging Practices in English Academic Writing","authors":"Chang Liu, Mei-Yen Chen","doi":"10.1007/s40299-024-00823-8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s40299-024-00823-8","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":501239,"journal":{"name":"The Asia-Pacific Education Researcher","volume":"47 5","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139830478","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-01-31DOI: 10.1007/s40299-023-00789-z
Tringa Shpendi Şirin, E. Ahmetoğlu
{"title":"The Making Friends Program: Impact on Social Acceptance in Inclusive Preschool Settings","authors":"Tringa Shpendi Şirin, E. Ahmetoğlu","doi":"10.1007/s40299-023-00789-z","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s40299-023-00789-z","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":501239,"journal":{"name":"The Asia-Pacific Education Researcher","volume":"272 ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140474943","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-01-31DOI: 10.1007/s40299-024-00813-w
Achmad Hidayatullah, C. Csíkos, Radius Setiyawan
{"title":"The Role of Belief Sources in Promoting Goal Orientation Beliefs, Self-Efficacy, and Beliefs About the Role of Teachers in Mathematics Learning","authors":"Achmad Hidayatullah, C. Csíkos, Radius Setiyawan","doi":"10.1007/s40299-024-00813-w","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s40299-024-00813-w","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":501239,"journal":{"name":"The Asia-Pacific Education Researcher","volume":"308 ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140477954","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}