第1个回答 2011-04-05
The purpose of the bilingual education abroad in the United States for example (Canada)
Foreign carrying out bilingual teaching goal, not only in order to develop the bilingual talent or to pursue the common language, and the date from the ethnic assimilation, cultural identity, social stability and other social and political needs, even based on national harmonious coexistence, avoid divide the country consideration.
1. Canada
Bilingual education of Canadian developing climax began in 1960s, from Quebec and other regions name clan socialist movement and separation tendency. Canada is a British culture and France cultures coexist society, about 80 percent of the population to use English, about 20 percent of the population, but use French before 1960s, French and French culture in a vulnerable position, in many parts of the French population facing rapid assimilation is dangerous. French family children couldn't get the chance to learn French, was forced to accept English education. In Quebec, although 80 percent of the residents say French, many residents even only speak French does not speak English, but French has been under behind English. This situation finally led to the rise of the movement of nationalism nations and separation tendency unfold, appear even the calls to gain independence.
In 1969, the federal government of Canada in order to eliminate the social factors of instability, conform with the form of development, through the official language hair ", announced the English and French is the official language, with a British/French bilingual talent enjoy into the federal government department priority. So far, bilingual education started up the social demand for Canada and basic state policy.
2. The United States
The United States is a country of immigrants. School played assimilation immigrants' melting pot 'role, become shaping' real americans' ideal place. They requested all the students to accept the same English education, cultivate students master English, use English and love English. They think that the unification of the language helps in common attitude, common goal, a common culture and common values, accelerate a healthy and stable, unified and harmonious state. Early in 1917, the former U.S. President franklin Roosevelt would call: "we must have a flag, but own flag. We must have the language, but just a kind of language. That must be the language of the declaration of independence, Washington, Lincoln farewell speech language at Gettysburg probably the second inaugural address and the founder of the language. This language and culture to our hands, we will not tolerate any opposition or use any European languages and culture takes the language and culture of our country's great attempt. We welcome depends on quickly assimilation. Any attempt to block the self-evident tried to block the forces are and assimilation in our country the highest interest hostile forces.
Bilingual education teaching background four
Many bilingual countries and words countries implement the bilingual education
Bilingual education not only in Canada, the United States, New Zealand, Luxembourg bilingual country or multi-lingual country implementation, and successful, and in Australia, Japan, Russia, Hungary, Bulgaria, etc monolingual country implementation, also succeeded. This very can represent the most countries in the world today.
According to "bilingual system and encyclopedia of bilingual education is introduced, Australia, Japan and other but monolingual country bilingual education in the direct reason and the direct reason for carrying out bilingual teaching is exactly the same as that of the quality of foreign language teaching from the discontent. This is not a mere coincidence, but a kind of inevitable result. The quality of foreign language teaching bottom is a global phenomenon. More and more countries have nearly realized that just opened a foreign language course, most of the students can master limited language, it is difficult to achieve mastery level.