%0 Journal Article
%T English Private Tutoring in Macao: Perceptions of Senior Secondary Three Students
%A Vivien Nga Man Chan
%J ECNU Review of Education
%@ 2632-1742
%D 2019
%R 10.1177/2096531119840864
%X This article examines how individual, school, and social factors shape the perceptions of students in Senior Secondary Three (SS3; in some schools called Form Six [F6]) toward English private tutoring in Macao. This is a comparative study of two F6 classes of an English-medium secondary school and four SS3 classes of a Chinese-medium secondary school in Macao, with a total number of 145 students. Mixed-methods approach (questionnaires and interviews) is employed in the study. The respondents¡¯ participation in English tutoring is not very intensive. They prefer to receive government-subsidized after-school tutoring taught by their schoolteachers more than fee-paying English tutoring taught by tutors outside. Low level of social competition and high tertiary enrollment rates contribute to this phenomenon. Students¡¯ needs and beliefs in English learning play key roles in determining their receipt of English tutoring. Teachers may need better understanding of their students¡¯ needs so as to design suitable pedagogies. 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
%K English
%K Macao
%K perceived needs
%K private tutoring
%K shadow education
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/2096531119840864