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Acknowledgements
Chapter One Introduction
1.1 The origin of the study
1.2 Aims and rationale of this study
1.3 The structure of the thesis
Chapter Two Litera ture Review
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Parental expectations
2.2.1 General understanding of parental expectations
2.2.2 Parental expectations in parenting practices
2.2.3 Parental expectations under a social-cultural background
2.2.4 Parental expectations and children's responses
2.3 Child development in second language learning
2.3.1 The general understanding of second language learning
2.3.2 Second language learning in early childhood
2.3.3 Summary
2.4 Research in parental expectations home and abroad
Chapter Three Research Methodology
3.1 Research objects
3.2 Research methods
3.3 Participants
3.4 Data collection
3.5 Data analysis
Chapter Four Results
4.1 The earlier, the better?
4.1.1 English priority in educational choice
4.1.2 Future developments
4.1.3 English versus Chinese
4.2 School-centered learning
4.2.1 A living language context
4.2.2 Practical applications of English
4.3 Academic achievements
4.3.1.No academic achievements in preschool
4.3.2 Academic pressures from primary school
4.3.3 Academic pressures from the comparison with other children
4.4 Learning interests
4.4.1 Invoke interests
4.4.2 Individual differences
4.5 Past and present experiences
4.5.1 Spoken English
4.5.2 Learning communities
4.6 The overall expectation
4.6.1 The moral education
4.6.2 A happy childhood
Chapter Five Discussion and Implications
5.1 More offerings, more choices
5.1.1 The emergence of child English programs
5.1.2 More learning methods and materials
5.2 More stresses
5.2.1 Parents'pressures
5.2.2 Children's pressures
5.3 Conflicts between changing and unchanging values
5.4 Implications
5.4.1 Parent-child relationship
5.4.2 Western values
5.4.3 Technological innovations
Chapter Six Conclusion
References
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