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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

A Study of Secondary School Teachers' Perceptions of Their Preparation to Teach English as a Foreign Language in Taiwan, the Republic of China

Abstract

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Although English as a foreign language (EFL) has long been one of the major focuses in secondary school curricula in Taiwan and a great deal of time, money, and energy have been spent in studying it, a large number of students are still weak in the four language skills of listening, speaking, reading, and writing at the end of their six-year study in secondary schools.

Degree

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Name thesis:degree_name
Ph.D.
Level thesis:degree_level
Dissertation
Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
Education
Grantor
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Year dc:date
2014

Author and committee

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Author dc:creator
  • Perng, Hong-Ying Hsu
Contributors dc:contributor
  • Madsen, Alan,

Subjects

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Identifiers

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Identifier
(UMI)AAI8803166
OAI identifier oai:identifier
oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/69162

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2026-07-22
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citation

Perng, Hong-Ying Hsu. A Study of Secondary School Teachers' Perceptions of Their Preparation to Teach English as a Foreign Language in Taiwan, the Republic of China. Dissertation thesis, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/2142/69162