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Flowerdew, John; Miller, Lindsay – TESOL Quarterly, 1995
Examined the cultural dynamics of native speakers of English lecturing to ethnic Chinese English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) students at the City University of Hong Kong. A four-dimensional framework for analyzing the effects of culture on ESL lectures is outlined that focuses on ethnic culture, local culture, academic culture, and disciplinary…
Descriptors: College Students, Cultural Background, Cultural Influences, English (Second Language)
Beilin, Robert; Rabow, Jerome – 1979
The aim of this study was to determine the effects of ethnicity and course structure on academic achievement at the college level. The sample consisted of 298 undergraduate students: 65% white, 12.5% Asian, 9.5% Hispanic, 9% black, and 4% other racial/ethnic groups. Students were randomly assigned to one of two introductory sociology sections. The…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Asian Americans, Blacks, Critical Thinking