Name: 【TaiwanPlus News】教師和學生抗議臺灣的「雙語教育」政策 (Teachers, Students Protest Taiwan's Bilingual Nation Policy｜TaiwanPlus News)
Uploaded: 2024-11-16T21:01:20.000Z
Duration: 2 min 2 s

程度副詞

The National Federation of Teachers Unions is calling for more changes to Taiwan's bilingual education policy, saying that it's made mixed progress over the past six years, and that's even negatively impacted students' education.

全國教師工會聯合會（National Federation of Teachers Unions）呼籲對臺灣的雙語教育政策進行更多改革，稱過去六年來，臺灣的雙語教育政策進展參差不齊，甚至對學生的教育產生了負面影響。

情態副詞

Their biggest concern is a requirement known as English as a Medium of Instruction, or EMI, that requires students to take some subjects in English, which they say could actually hinder their understanding of the topics.

他們最擔心的是一項被稱為 "英語作為教學語言"（English as a Medium of Instruction）的要求，即要求學生用英語學習某些科目，他們說這實際上會妨礙他們對題目的理解。

分詞構句

Earlier this week, the Ministry of Education announced improvements to the bilingual policy, promising to offer more opportunities to speak English outside of the classroom, and promoting new technologies to assist with language learning.

本週早些時候，教育部宣佈改進雙語政策，承諾在課堂外提供更多講英語的機會，並推廣有助於語言學習的新技術。

It also adjusted lessons so only English-language classes would be taught in English.

它還調整了課程，只用英語授課。

But this change only applies to primary and secondary schools, not in higher education.

但這一變化只適用於中小學，不適用於高等教育。

Some students still have concerns about the policy.

The policy aims to make Taiwan into a bilingual nation by 2030, to make the country's talent more competitive and attract international companies to Taiwan.

該政策旨在到 2030 年使臺灣成為一個雙語國家，使臺灣的人才更具競爭力，並吸引國際公司到臺灣發展。

The educators here say that that's made English-language education in Taiwan more competitive, adding pressure on students, parents and educators to spend time and money on a language that's still not widely used in the country today.

這裡的教育工作者說，這使得臺灣的英語教育更具競爭力，增加了學生、家長和教育工作者的壓力，迫使他們花時間和金錢去學習一門目前在臺灣仍未廣泛使用的語言。

 Yixin Chen and Tiffany Wong in Taipei for Taiwan Plus.

Yixin Chen 和 Tiffany Wong 在臺北為 Taiwan Plus 報道。