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Helen Lepp Friesen – TESL-EJ, 2023
With business relations and international travel on the rise between China and English-speaking countries, the need for English teachers in China has also increased. One method of teaching English in China occurs through summer English camps. The research presented here examines the teacher, camp coordinator, student, and parent experience with a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Summer Programs, Camps, English (Second Language)
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Zhang, Su-Zhen; Inoue, Tomohiro; Shu, Hua; Georgiou, George K. – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2020
Although several studies have examined the role of home literacy environment (HLE) in learning to read in Western societies, little is known about the role of HLE in Chinese reading. In addition, the few studies in Chinese have not tested the possible effects of HLE on reading comprehension. Thus, the purpose of this study was to examine the…
Descriptors: Family Environment, Literacy, Reading Comprehension, Kindergarten
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Ng, Florrie Fei-Yin; Sze, Irene Nga-Lam; Tamis-LeMonda, Catherine S.; Ruble, Diane N. – Child Development, 2017
Academic socialization by low-income immigrant mothers from Mainland China was investigated in two studies. Immigrant Chinese mothers of first graders (n = 52; M[subscript age] = 38.69) in the United States (Study 1) and kindergartners (n = 86; M[subscript age] = 36.81) in Hong Kong (Study 2) tell stories that emphasized achieving the best grade…
Descriptors: Immigrants, Asians, Socialization, Low Income Groups