教学语言政策的核心问题：校本分科分流有何不妥？.docVIP

教學語言政策的核心問題分科有何不妥 賀國强 香港教育學院 局政策提出微調的方案微調核心問題是：(1989)將「中英混用方式來教學」和「校本分流教學語文調適」混淆，將英語種，貿然定性為錯誤。 微調 The crucial issue on the medium of instruction policy in Hong Kong secondary schools: why school-base language streaming? Abstract Background: The Education Bureau reviewed the on medium of instruction in secondary schools and proposed the fine-tuning of policy. Aim: This article is in response to the fine-tuning policy of medium of instruction. Exposition: The economic, political and educational factors were found to be the main ones influencing the choice of medium of instruction in secondary schools. In particular, the economic factor was found to be the dominant one under normal situations. Before 1949, students chose to study in Chinese middle schools. They switched to choose Anglo-Chinese secondary schools during 1950-97. The scene has been seriously distorted recently due to the Government’s strong policy of imposing mother tongue education to a majority of secondary schools after 1997. Parents, students, and educators are unhappy about the Government’s explicit intervention. Crucial issue: the Education Department (1989) mixed up the [mixed code teaching] and [school based mixed mode teaching according to subjects and levels]. They wrongly concluded the auxiliary use of Chinese in some English medium class were unacceptable which is against the general trend of linguistic development of students. Conclusion: The fine-tuning policy of medium of instruction, particularly the school based mixed mode teaching according to subjects and levels, language streaming within school will be a moderate but good way to resolve the dilemma of medium of instruction in secondary schools. Keywords: medium of instruction, mother tongue education, school-based streaming 引言 由遠古巴別塔的語言分歧迄今，人類間的溝通一直被語言問題困擾。廿世紀中葉，各西方國家的殖民地陸續獨立，這些地方因長期受西方统治，獨立後鮮能擺脫前殖民政府的影响，至今仍受使用何種語文作為溝通的基礎所纒累：民族尊嚴和教育效率驅使他們用本土母語，但經濟和政治的因素，卻常逼使政府或工商界繼續使用前殖民政府留下的西方語言。 學校是孩童成長和學習出外謀生的搖籃，使用母語學習無疑是有利於學生明白和吸收知識，