台商子女在泰國的教育經歷─國際學校台生之研究

Education Experience of the Children of Taiwanese Businessmen in Thailand：A Research on Taiwanese Students in International Schools

吳亭儀(Ting-Yi Wu)

指導教授 ： 龔宜君

國立暨南國際大學/人文學院/東南亞學系碩士在職專班/碩士(2016年)

摘要

本研究採質性研究，藉由深度訪談法，訪談了8位台商及10位台商子女，以了解在泰國的台商子女選擇國際學校的因素、生活及學習適應過程及其因素，依研究目的將研究發現歸納為以下幾點：
1. 泰國台商子女擇校因素和父母意見、資訊來源、學校辦學特色有關，交通距離、學費等因素則不是考量的重點。
2. 生活和學習適應過程中，最不能適應的是語言，需要花費一~三年不等的時間來適應；在文化差異上，普遍覺得泰國人很友善，也很有禮貌；學習適應上，因國際學校教學方式多元活潑，台商子女皆表示相當喜歡這種方式，雖然和台灣的教學方式差異很大，但沒有什麼適應問題。
3. 年齡因素、家庭因素、社會支持，是影響生活和學習適應的因素。年齡越小就到泰國，適應的情況就越佳； 因為有了家庭的情感支持，台商子女的適應情況良好；再加上擁有堅定的同儕關係，能提供彼此意見，互相關照，以及學校在語言課程上等協助，也都讓台商子女能很快適應。

最後，本研究因受訪者的關係，僅能了解大約30年前的適應情況，無法涵蓋到近幾年的情形，是研究上的限制，也期盼未來的研究者能以近年到泰國的台商子女為對象進行研究，才能有更符合現況的研究結果。

關鍵字

泰國 ； 台商子女 ； 國際學校 ； 適應

並列摘要

This study investigates and describes the factors that Taiwanese children in Thailand choose to study in International schools, the life experience and learning process of adaptation, by the qualitative research and in-depth interviews with 8 Taiwanese businessmen and 10 Taiwanese children. The objective findings are summarized as follows:
1. The reasons that children choose to study in Thai International Schools are due to parents’ advices, information sources and the characteristics of schools, instead of considering the transportation issues and tuition fees.
2. The adaptation issues: language is the most difficult problem and it takes 1-3 years to adapt. Culturally, Taiwanese children have positive experience to get along with Thai people as they are friendly and polite. In learning aspects, although the teaching methods are totally different from Taiwan, children still prefer the diverse and active learning environment in international schools.
3. Age, family and social supports are the most essential factors which influence the adaptation of living and learning for Taiwanese children in Thailand. The younger they went to Thailand, the better they can adapt themselves to the new environments. Besides, with family support, especially in emotional aspect, children have higher adaptability. Moreover, with the strong peer relationships and the language support from school, they are able to adapt to the foreign environment in a short time.
However, because of the limitation of interviews, the study only can show the adaptation situation about 30 years ago. For future researchers, this research can be done for the children of Taiwan businessmen in Thailand in recent years; to reveal the results of the current situation of adaptation.

並列關鍵字

Thailand ； the children of Taiwanese businessmen ； International schools ； adaptation

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