Volume: 19  Number: 2  Page: 237–247

Community-Based Chinese Schools in Southern California: A Survey of Teachers

Ping Liu Department of Teacher Education, California State University Long Beach, Long Beach, California, USA

In this study, the author examines the results of questionnaire given to 92 teachers in community-based Chinese schools (CCSs) in Southern California. Information was sought from the teachers on their academic background and aspirations, the reasons for them to choose to teach in the CCSs, and their views on the quality of the education provided by CCSs. The teachers were also asked how they saw the CCSs developing in the future. The paper discusses the findings in detail and their implications for the future of CCSs.

Keywords: Chinese community schools, Chinese language teachers, heritage language, instruction of Chinese as a foreign language

© 2006 P. Liu

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