桃縣小一英語教學 四萬多名學童受益

更新日期:2011/09/10 10:25

桃園縣從今年開始，一百八十八所國小推動小一年級英語教學，桃園縣長吳志揚表示，推動小一學英語政策，就是為了要減少城鄉及弱勢家庭的差距，讓偏遠的鄉村及弱勢家庭的兒童，也能在無負擔的情形下接觸英語，並且把英語當成是生活的一部分，快樂的學英語。


桃園縣推動小一英語教學，讓偏遠地區和弱勢兒童一樣能夠學習，桃園縣長吳志揚表示，英文對於各行各業都相當的重要，縣府去年開始就有小一學英語的計畫，今年六月實施計畫獲教育部核准後正式上路，在一百學年度正式實施，總計有一百八十八所國小、四萬多名兒童受惠。


推廣小一英語，絕對不要讓學童有考試壓力存在，吳志揚縣長強調，希望小朋友不要將學英語當作是苦差事，而是當作生活的一部分，快樂的學習，重要的是要敢開口說英語，不要有考試的壓力，同時也反對填鴨式的教育。


吳志揚縣長表示，小一學英語政策，讓家長不必再有任何的負擔下，孩童就可以接觸學習。（李明朝報導）


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It's nice to see such kind of English learning policy takes effect. But one thing that really concerns me the most is about the source of English teachers with good teaching quality. After this policy is put into practice, elementary schools in  Tao Yuan county would need more English teachers to English. What deserves our attention is that whether these English teachers who are hired to help the county successfully implement the policy have received enough educational training and could provide fine quality of English teaching. I do hoped that the county has well-planed this policy and would not just hired any English teachers who is seemingly capable of speaking English fluently,but incapable of teaching English.

I still have something to say about the claim "The purpose of promoting learning English among first graders is not to let students under the pressure of test. ".  Indeed, this is a good starting point for young children. However, it is likely that students may not take it seriously; also, there is no English learning evaluation to propel students to learn. In the end, students may not have solid fundamental knowledge of English. Once they enter junior high schools where the subject English is going to be put in the testing list, students may feel a great stress of learning English for they have to learn English from the very beginning.