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ERIC Number: EJ1292254
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2020
Pages: 16
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-1523-5882
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Parent Satisfaction and One-Way Mandarin Chinese Dual-Language Programs in Utah
Sung, Ko-Yin
Bilingual Research Journal, v43 n4 p384-399 2020
This study invited parents in 21 one-way Mandarin Chinese dual immersion programs in Utah to respond to a survey on-line. Five hundred and eighty parents participated in this study. The objectives of the survey study were to learn the parents' reasons for enrollment, their program satisfaction, and whether there was a group difference based on the following parental demographic factors: ethnicity, income, and education. In general, the majority of the parents were satisfied with the program; however, the results of the chi-square test illustrated that more Asian parents chose the program for their child so that they could better relate to their heritage. Moreover, the results of the MANOVA test revealed that there was an interaction effect between education level and ethnicity on program satisfaction. Based on the mean scores of the survey items, this study observed the tendencies that Asian parents without a higher education degree were more satisfied with the language learning environment in the program and the native and academic language of teachers while parents of other ethnicities (not white or Asian) with graduate degree(s) were least satisfied.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Utah
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