1. Advisor ：Dr. Chin-Ying Lin Presenter ：Vivian Tsai June 8, 2009
Cross-Cultural Adjustment of the Native English-Speaking Teacher at School in Taiwan- A case Study
Advisor ：Dr. Chin-Ying Lin
Presenter ：Vivian Tsai
June 8, 2009

2. Contents I Introduction II Purposes of the Study Research Questions
III
Research Questions
Literature Review IV V
Methodology 2

3. Introduction Background of the Study
In academia, the emergence of globalization as a dominant discourse has generated heated debates on issues such as whether the world is becoming more homogenous or heterogeneous.
(Ke, 2008) 3

4. Introduction Statement of the Problems
There is a limited amount of research that has focused on native English-speaking teachers (NESTs) in Taiwan, especially related to their cross-cultural adjustment on educational organization and teaching. 4

5. Introduction Purposes of the Study
to explore the notion of the factor---the cross-cultural adjustment of the native English-speaking teacher at schools in Taiwan
to investigate the view with respect to educational administrators for the native English-speaking teachers in Taiwan 5

6. Introduction Research Questions
How does the native English-speaking teacher adjust culture shock of at schools in Taiwan?
What are the expectations between the native English-speaking teacher and the educational administrators in Taiwan? 6

7. Cross-cultural Adjustment
Literature Review
World Culture
Academic Culture
Culture in Organizations
Cross-cultural Adjustment
Culture in Educational Administration
Culture Shock 7

8. Literature Review World Culture
That complex whole which includes knowledge, belief, art, law, morals, custom, and any other capabilities and habits acquired by human as a member of society.
(Tylor, 2004) 8

9. Literature Review Academic Culture
The miniaturization of the concept of culture so that researchers study and write about the culture of the school or even the culture of the classroom.
(Scollon,1999) 9

10. Literature Review Culture in Organizations
A pattern of shared basic assumptions that the group learned as it solved its problems of external adaptation and internal integration.
(Schein, 2002) 10

11. Literature Review Culture in Educational Administration
Some characteristics of school culture that we tend to regard as fixed are attributable to differences in national culture and expectations.
(Huberman, 2000)
For instance, the Swiss traditionally prefer a homogeneous education, although their system is rather decentralized 11

12. Literature Review Cross-culture in Schools
Cross-national different is in teaching, curriculum, and patterns of academic tracking that reflects differences in national culture and ideology.
(Schmidt et al., 2006) 12

13. Literature Review Culture Shock
Culture shock is becoming the intercultural competent consists of changing values, greater self-confidence, and a change in perspective.
(Taylor, 2004) 13

14. Literature Review Cross-cultural Adjustment
It follows logically that the various antecedents to adjustment may have different degrees of impact on each facet of adjustment.
(Palthe, 2004)
work, interaction, and general 14

15. Methodology
Research
Design
Instrument
Procedure 15

16. Methodology Case Study Method
It refers to a method that complements survey and experimental techniques, one which provides detailed information about the research.
(Gomm et al., 2000) 16

17. Methodology Qualitative approaches
With qualitative approaches, respondents have more freedom to express their feelings, so cultural differences and cross-cultural adjustment could be better captured.
(Barling et al., 2004)
qualitative approaches emphasize description, understanding, and interpretation of the stressful events by interviewing subjects or using open-ended questionnaires (Parkes, 1985) 17

18. Methodology Social Validity
Socially valid findings may be achieved through the use of participatory action research, which, in its theoretical orientation, helps bring the results of research closer to adoption.
(Forster & Mash, 1999)
because those who are ultimately called on to implement the new best practices were part of the process of validating those evidence-based practices 18

19. Methodology Subjective Judgment
As one of social validity method, it is a popular method for quantifying subjective judgment utilizes the dominant eigenvector of a matrix of paired comparisons.
(Schlosser, 2003)
It is one of social validity method 19

20. Methodology Department of English at NTIT 20 Administrators
Questionnaires
NEST
Interview
National Taichung Institute of Technology 20

21. Methodology Instruments Documentary Analysis In-Depth Interview
NEST
Documentary Analysis
Organizing
Reading
Description
Classifying
Interpretation
In-Depth Interview
Face-to-face interview
Two hours and recorded
Open-ended questions
Follow-up interviews 21

22. Methodology Instruments 22
Administrators
Questionnaires
Educational organization and administration in schools
Hiring the native English- speaking teachers in schools
Administration assistants AE AH
Teaching assistants TE TH
Student assistants SE SH 22

23. Methodology Procedure Data Analysis 23 NEST Interview Administrators
Questionnaires
Data
Analysis 23

24. Cross-Cultural Adjustment
Methodology
Data Analysis
NEST
Interview
Part I
NEST
Interview
Part II
Research Q1
Cross-Cultural Adjustment 24

25. Viewpoints and Expectations
Methodology
Data Analysis
NEST
Interview
Part I
Administrators
Questionnaires
Part I+II
Research Q2
Viewpoints and Expectations 25

26. Thank You!