TY - JOUR AU - Zhang, Jingji AU - Lynch, Richard PY - 2018/01/03 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - The Relationship Between Primary 5 and 6 Students’ Perceptions of Parental Encouragement and Their Academic Achievement in Mandarin Learning at An International School, Bangkok JF - Scholar: Human Sciences JA - scho VL - 9 IS - 2 SE - DO - UR - http://www.assumptionjournal.au.edu/index.php/Scholar/article/view/3000 SP - 243 AB - This research investigated the relationship between students’ perceptions of parental encouragement and their academic achievement in Mandarin learning at an International School, Bangkok during term 2, and 2014-2015. The study focused on three objectives. The first was to identify the level of student perception of parental encouragement to learn Mandarin in primary 5 and 6. The second was to identify the level of student academic achievement in primary 5 and 6 Mandarin learning. The third was to determine if there was a significant relationship between primary 5 and 6 students’ perceptions of parental encouragement and their Mandarin academic achievement. In order to collect data, the researcher employed a parental encouragement questionnaire adapted from Gardner’s Attitude/Motivation Test Battery (AMTB). For the students’ academic achievement in learning Mandarin, the researcher used the students’ Mandarin academic achievement scores at the end of term 2 in school year 2014- 2015. The findings indicated that there was a significant relationship between primary 5 and 6 students’ perceptions of parental encouragement and their academic achievement. The article concludes with recommendations for practice and for future research. ER -