| Summary: | 碩士 === 國立屏東大學 === 教育學系碩士班 === 107 === This study aims to investigate the current status, dilemmas and solutions of the “Experimental Program of Improving Elementary and Junior High School Students’ English Learning Efficiency” in Kaohsiung City. The study further examines the learning efficiency of the students involves in the program and the conceptions of the English teachers and school administrators taking part in the program. The researcher adopted qualitative methods and applied semi-structure interview to retrieve first-hand data of conceptions with the principal, director, two English teachers, and six fifth-grade students in the program. The researcher also applied non-participant observation with two English teachers by using classroom observation and discussion to explore the strategies, feedbacks, and changes of teachers and students in the program.
The findings are listed as following:
1. To the experimental schools, the motivation of taking part in the program is decided by the administrators in first stages, but it can be decided by teachers later on.
2. The center school in the experimental program takes greater workload asking schoolteachers to take on responsibilities of the program.
3. The cooperation between administrators and teachers of the experimental school are different.
4. The government funding was set at the beginning of the year; the rest are handled by the center experimental school.
5. The materials adopted in the programs comes from government-approved textbooks and teachers’ self-made materials.
6. The center school of experimental program is in charge of arranging the schedule of teaching observation and discussion and involving professionals’ feedbacks.
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7. The center school of experimental program is in charge of setting up support groups and meetings, and asking the teachers in the program to take part in. 8. The experimental program was questioned at the beginning, but it was appraised with time.
9. The conceptions and the teaching strategies of the English teachers were changed.
10. Based on the result of pre and post-test, the learning proficiency of mid and low-achievement learners are improved.
11. The factor of attending cram schools also has influence on the learning proficiency of the target students.
12. Meetings with parents of explaining the program should be hold regularly to decrease the parents’ anxiety.
13. Communications and meetings should be hold regularly to eliminate the questions towards the program.
14. Teachers of experimental program for the exhaustion of arranging observation and discussion.
15. The schedule of monthly meetings of teachers should be more flexible for being often at the same time with other required workshops.
16. Based on the rules of Educational Bureau, the teachers in the program can have two classes less than regular. Hourly compensation is used for sub-teachers.
Lastly, suggestions based on the study are drawn to provide insight on the future of experimental program.
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