外籍教師在台灣大專院校之跨文化適應-個案研究

Cross-cultural Adjustment of the Native English-speaking Teachers at Colleges in Taiwan- A Case Study

蔡宜君(Yi-Chun Tsai)

指導教授 ： 林進瑛

朝陽科技大學/人文暨社會學院/應用外語系/碩士(2010年)

摘要

學術文化的研究者常致力於研究以英文為母語之外籍教師在學校裡的跨文化適應。然而，以在台灣的外籍教師為研究者仍為少數，尤其是對於他們在教育組織及教學上的跨文化適應。本研究的目的為探查以英文為母語之外籍教師如何調解及適應在台灣的文化衝擊。本研究同時也探討外籍教師對工作與教學的期待/信念，與其適應新的學術文化環境之跨文化適應歷程的關聯。研究設計運用質性研究中的個案研究法，並同時採用社會效度於本研究中。研究對象為台灣中部一所科技大學中的應用外語系之外籍教師及教職員與學生。本研究的結果顯示人際關係、嗜好養成及電腦聯繫媒介為跨文化適應的主要因素。研究結果並顯示跨文化及地方語言課程為有效增進外籍教師在台適應的訓練課程。總結而言，本研究希望能解釋外籍教師及教職員對工作及教學的不同期望，且對於跨文化領域的研究提供有用的建議。

關鍵字

英語為母語之外籍教師 ； 文化衝擊 ； 跨文化適應

並列摘要

Researchers of academic culture research have focused on the cross-cultural adaptation of the native English teachers in schools. However, few studies focus on native English teachers in Taiwan, especially related to their cross-cultural adjustment on educational organization and teaching. The aim of this research attempted to explore how the native English teachers have acclimated to the culture shock in schools in Taiwan. It also aimed at investigating what are the working and teaching expectations of the native English teachers’ correlates with their process of cross-cultural adjustment in order to adjust to the new academic cultural environment. The design of this study will be applied as a case study of qualitative research as part of this investigation. The social validity for assisting the validity of this research design will be set forth herein. The participants in this study will be the native English teachers, administration staff and students at a Department of Applied Foreign Language in a University of Technology in central Taiwan. The results of this research yielded positive evidence that interpersonal relationship, new hobbies and computer-mediated communication are the main elements of the cross-cultural adjustment. Also, the results show the cross-cultural trainings and local language courses may improve the adjustment for native English teachers. To conclude, this study may be of import in explaining the working and teaching expectations between native English teachers and the administrative staff as well as in providing useful suggestions for cross-cultural studies.

並列關鍵字

native English-speaking teacher ； culture shock ； cross-cultural adjustment

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