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Wu, Ming-Hsuan; Leung, Genevieve; Yang, Jhih-Kai; Hsieh, Ivy Haoyin; Lin, Kelly – Journal of Language, Identity, and Education, 2022
In a broader context where English is marketed as a desirable product of consumption, hiring English speakers as language teachers and de facto cultural ambassadors is a common practice in some East Asian countries. This paper investigates how 20 self-identified Asian American teachers in Taiwan teaching English in local schools wrestle with the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Asian Americans, Language Teachers, English (Second Language)
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Lin, Shumin; Wu, Ming-Hsuan; Leung, Genevieve – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2023
While race in TESOL has gained traction in recent years, less research has focused on Asian American teachers working in Asian contexts, not to mention Chinese adoptees from the US working as English teachers in Asia. Drawing from our larger study on the work narratives of Asian Americans teaching English in Taiwan, this paper examines how Chinese…
Descriptors: Adoption, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Pong, Suet-ling; Johnston, Jamie; Chen, Vivien – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2010
Our study re-examines the relationship between parenting and school performance among Asian students. We use two sources of data: wave I of the Adolescent Health Longitudinal Survey (Add Health), and waves I and II of the Taiwan Educational Panel Survey (TEPS). Analysis using Add Health reveals that the Asian-American/European-American difference…
Descriptors: Asians, Academic Achievement, Parenting Styles, Child Rearing
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Wei, Meifen; Heppner, P. Paul; Mallen, Michael J.; Ku, Tsun-Yao; Liao, Kelly Yu-Hsin; Wu, Tsui-Feng – Journal of Counseling Psychology, 2007
The present study examined whether maladaptive perfectionism (i.e., discrepancy between expectations and performance) and length of time in the United States moderated the association between acculturative stress and depression. Data were collected through online surveys from 189 Chinese international students from China and Taiwan attending a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Depression (Psychology), Acculturation, Stress Variables
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Yeh, Christine J. – Cultural Diversity & Ethnic Minority Psychology, 2002
Self-esteem, age, and gender were used to assess attitudes towards seeking psychological services among secondary school and college students. Self-esteem and gender significantly predicted students help-seeking attitudes. A counselor's knowledge of cultural perspectives of self-esteem, as they relate to help-seeking behaviors, will help with…
Descriptors: Age, Asian American Students, College Students, Counseling Effectiveness
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Lin, Peter; Simoni, Jane M.; Zemon, Vance – AIDS Education and Prevention, 2005
In this first investigation of Taiwanese sexual behaviors in the United States, 144 Taiwanese students completed an online anonymous survey. Demographics, health belief model (HBM) constructs, and acculturation were examined as predictors of sexual behaviors over the last year. Analyses indicated that participants who reported a higher number of…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Acculturation, Sexuality, Asian Americans