A Brief Analysis of Bilingual Education in China

科技信息人文社科A Brief Analysis of Bilingual Education in China天津对外经济贸易职业学院孙丽 娟[Abstract]This paper explores bilingual education theoretall, and analyzes the causes, development and efiect of bilingual education inChina. What is more, some soluions are suggested to solve some pssible problem.[Key words ]bilingual education educational efet ChinaIntroduction(2)As Li Zhengie says, bilingual education can make students master twoAs for bilingual education, it has been developing more and more widelykinds of languages easily, and familiar with the culture in two countries andthroughout the world. What is bilingual education? In Longman Dictionary ofeven more without any resistance attitude (5 1). As for school, bilingual educa-Language. Teaching & Applied Linguistics Jack Richards 28),' 'bilingual ed-tion is beneficial to developing students' intelligence and creative ability toucation refers to the use of a second or foreign language in school for theeffectively drive students to learn other courses well.teaching of content subjects. ”And Bilingual education programs may be of(3)To the country, bilingual education improves national quality by en-different types and include: a) The use of a single school language, which iscouraging bilingual attendants to master two languages or more, which is goodnot the child' s home language. b) The use of the child”s home language whento mutual understanding and getting along well among different nations andthe child enters school, but later a gradual change to the use of the school lan- -different raguage for teaching some subjects and the home language for teaching others. e)3.ProblemsThe partial or total use of the child's home language when the child entersschool and a later change to the use of the school languagMost of the bilingual textbooks are ones with detailed explanation andthe school language only.Bilingual Education in Chinaon. RecondingtoZhankArevision, according to Zhang Aiqin(142). Reading tIn China, bilingual education main!Chinese- _English! bilingalmake students linger on the surface of reading forrna. bilinuleducaton maintyeducation. China is not a country with many immigrants, unlike USA, thoughguage using. Choosing good textbooks can play an important role in improvingit has many nationalities. Because of various reasons, many people have lttethe teaching quality.chance to maike use of English and thus English is learned as a foreign lan-(2)Be not exellent in teaching methodguage in schools. As English is more and more important on the stage of theworld and Chinese people need contact with the outside world, more and moreby the fact that most Chinese students passing many English exams with highpeople have come to recognize that Chinese people should improve their na-score cannot speak English fAuently. Secondly, the arrangement of bilingual etional quality through education.“Naturally,English learming becomes a win- .ducational classes is not at all scientifc. For the elass in which it is better touse Chinese than English, people still teach in English. In this way, bilingualtion is an ffective method to push China to proceed. In China, on the basis ofeducation not only has no good effect on study, but also disturbs the normalreform and opening up to the outside world, bilingual education is springingup gradually. It fits for the requirement of the new talents in the coming cen-4. Suggestionstury. The requirement in foreign communication in culture and economy also(1)To search for better textbookdrives bilingual education.Bilingual teaching materials refer to bilingual textbooks, original books of1. The aim of bilingual education in Chinadifferent majors and courses while cumiculum mainly includes syllabus, moti-It is not for ethnic minority, not for the unity of the station, but for thevation and asessmnent.“Foreign language textbooks should have outstandingknowing of the world and proceeding with the world. The most direct and im-advantages and atractions to the students." Cai Xiaoye says (8). Although toportant starting point for our country to carry out bilingual education is to im-cerain extent the usage of original English books can increase the dificulty inprove English level 80 as to meet the requirement of the country, district, andstudy, teachers should select the knowledge according to the acepting abilitystudents in the future.of students.(1)Meeting the requirement of the country and society.(2)To explore suitable teaching method“Bilingual education relates to China's long- -term interest. English isBe gradual according to the students' practical conditions. So bilingualrexquired in many aspects and fields of the practical society, espeially in theteaching method with national features should be based on the current situa-field of economic trade" W ang Binhua insists (98). One of the reasons is thattions in China. In bilingual teaching method, the percentage of English speak-the educational quality of foreign language directly relates to our nationaling is not less than 50%。the English content in class is not less than 50% andpower and the improvement of the intermational competence.doing homework with foreign language.(2)Meeting the requirement of the district in the future.At present, the number of vocabularies mastered by college studentsTaking Tianjin for example. Tianjin is planned to be built a modern in-reaches 4200 after studying in 240- 280 classes. But though the informationtemational city- the center of intemational economy, finance, trade andreflected by enterprises, it does not reach the requirement of the communica-fright. Therefore, Tianjin must prepare well enough, from now on, in system,tion by 4200 words. Many graduates reflect that it is still full of unknownpolicy, environment, talents and so on, including good bilingual educationalwords when reading. Therefore, it is necessary to carry out English teachingenvironment and enough professional bilingual talents.activities in accordance with professional knowledge, so as to improve whole(3)Meeting the requirement of the students' development in the future“Doing scientife research, acquiring information and going abroad fConclnsionConclusionfuteretueation al deped on Engian in high lever' says Wweng Bnhua (18).ys W ang Binhua (18).In the past, it was said that we could go around the world without fear withimportant in education. Some related problems should be paid great atentionmath, physics and chermistry, while now it is said that we can go everywhere in，our country shouldthe world without fear, if mastering English and computer. Although the sayingtake in good experience and learm from lessons from other countries withis over extreme, it has been an important quality for students to do well in bilingual education.English in the development of the future.2. Effet of bilingual education to ChinaReferencesBilingual education has been being a hot discussion among experts,[1 ]Jack, Richards. Longman Dictionary of Language Teaching & Ap-scholars and teachers in educational field. According to Wang Binhua (10), inplied linguistics. Beijing: Foreign Language Teaching and Reaching Press,practice, bilingual education has been existing in China for many years.2002.(1)Bilingual education improves English learning better, not only written中国煤化工析.学科建设与教学研究,English but also spoken English. 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