澳门英语私人补习:基于高三学生的视角

English Private Tutoring in Macao: Perceptions of 12th Graders

本文采用混合研究方法比较两所澳门中学并探讨了个人、学校和社会因素如何塑造高三(中六)学生对澳门英语私人补习的看法。研究发现受访者对英语辅导的参与程度不是很高,他们更愿意接受由学校教师教授的政府资助的课后辅导。低水平的社会竞争和高大学入学率导致了这种现象。学生对英语学习的需求和信念对其接受英语补习起着关键作用。教师和学校应更好地了解学生需求,并为不同学生提供不同类型的辅导。另外政府补贴的课后辅导班可能是减少教育不平等的一种合理方式。

This article examines how individual,school,and social factors shape the perceptions of students in Senior Secondary Three(SS3/Form Six[F6])toward English private tutoring in Macao.A mixed-methods approach is employed in this study to compare two secondary schools in Macao.The study shows that the respondents’participation in English tutoring is not very intensive.They prefer to receive government-subsidized after-school tutoring taught by their schoolteachers.Low levels of social competition and high tertiary enrollment rates contribute to this phenomenon.Students’needs and beliefs in English learning play critical roles in determining their receipt of English tutoring.Teachers may need a better understanding of their students’needs.Schools can consider more fully the types of tutoring that they provide for different kinds of pupils.The government-subsidized after-school tutoring could be a plausible way to reduce educational inequality.