論中國的雙語教學

【摘要】隨著中國經濟的繁榮和與世界其他國家的頻繁聯系，近些年來，雙語教學逐漸成為熱門話題。本文旨在分析中國存在的雙語教學現象。

Abstract： Bilingual education has become a hot issue in recent years because of booming of China’s economy and the frequent connection between other countries in the world. The paper intends to analyze the bilingual educational phenomenon existing in China.

【關鍵詞】雙語教學，英語，漢語，缺點

Background of Bilingual Education in China

With the development of socio-economy and the frequent interface with other countries in the world， some educators and statesmen have put forward that foreign language learning should be popularized. In the recent years， it has been being discussed everywhere almost in the whole China that whether it is proper to carry out the action of bilingual education in primary and middle schools.

Definitions of Bilingual Education in China

It is generally acknowledged that there are three types of bilingual education in China. The first one is immersion program. That is teachers have classes using totally another language rather than their mother tongue. The second type is called maintenance bilingual education. During the first period of time the mother tongue is used only， and after some time， some subjects are taught in another language. The third one is transitional bilingual education. It refers to that the subjects are taught in partly or totally mother tongue， and then the mother tongue is substituted by another language.

Disadvantages of Bilingual Education

Above all， the students are lack of motivation of using a foreign language. Since Chinese being the mainstream language， foreign language is merely one of their subjects. Next， mother tongue learning tends to be ignored. Thirdly， bilingual education in China focuses on giving lectures using foreign languages but the students fail to understand knowledge appropriately. Finally， students are lack of linguistic environment. Students have no opportunities to utilize what they have learned out of campus.

Some Suggestions

It is necessary for China to see the bilingual education from the perspective of language planning. Since bilingual education in China is different in terms of different areas. In some developed and advanced areas， it is good and proper to teach students Chinese as well as English， if only Chinese being their mother tongue. On the other hand， in the minority areas， the students should have a command of their own language----mother tongue， based on which they can be taught Chinese and English and English teaching system in schools should be improved.

Conclusion

Under that policy， the students will bear more burdens in that they will concentrate more not only on all their subjects， but also on learning English. It is apparent that there are large quantities of technical terms in their subjects that are difficult for the them to comprehend. As a result， English teaching should be regarded as a foreign language in learning instead of one of the languages used in bilingual education. Only in that way， can the students in primary and middle schools have a good command of their subjects as well as the foreign language.

Key Words：

bilingual education； English； Chinese； disadvantages

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作者簡介

海瓊浩，女，蒙古族，籍貫：遼寧省阜新蒙古族自治縣，所在單位是內蒙古大學外國語學院碩士研究生。