1. The pupils of Confucius meet Socratic The Taiwanese Students ' Adjustment in the Western Teachers’ language Class Course : Research Writing and Publish I Presenter: Chi-Ying Betty Hu Date : 2008/1/5

6. Statement of the problems Many studies argue for the need of exploring the mismatch between EFL students’ attitudes/expectations about learning/teaching and their American teachers’, however, few studies explore Taiwanese students’ adjustment in the foreign teachers’ class.

7. Purpose of the study To investigate the Taiwanese students’ perspective on the foreign teachers’ teaching style. To investigate the Taiwanese students’ adjustment to the foreign teachers’ teaching style. To investigate the influence of the foreign teachers’ teaching style on Taiwanese student’s learning attitude.

8. Research Questions (1) what are the Taiwanese students' perspective on foreign teachers’ teaching style? (2) how do the Taiwanese students adjust to the foreign teachers’ teaching style? (3) what are the influence of the foreign teachers' teaching style on Taiwanese students’ learning attitude?

15. Research Procedures Pilot study Formal study Quantitative research 1000 questionnaires for six target schools 3 Taiwanese students 3 foreign teachers Qualitative research Data analysis

17. Methodology Instrument participants Questionnaire 600 students Interview 3 foreign teachers 3 Taiwanese students

18. Data analysis Questionnaire SPSS Independent T test Descriptive Statistics Interview the methods by Marshall and Rossman (1999)