In 2019, the Taiwanese government announced its 2030 Bilingual Policy to increase the nation's competitiveness by making Taiwan bilingual. The two languages under this policy are Chinese (the most commonly used language in Taiwan) and English (the target language).

Although English is the only compulsory foreign language to be learned in Taiwanese schools, it is not a language that is used daily among Taiwanese people. As this policy directly impacts the whole education system, teachers must teach various school subjects bilingually without proper training.

This presentation aims to explicate the status quo and the challenges of implementing bilingual education in schools while applying the existing empirical research evidence to support the presenter's argument. In the first half of this presentation, the following aspects will be covered: the overall goals of the 2030 Bilingual Policy and its impacts on various levels of education, such as basic and higher education. The second half of this presentation will cover the current practices in primary and junior high schools, as well as the challenges that schools face. Then, the pre-service and in-service teacher training for bilingual teaching is also discussed to offer a full picture of bilingual education in schools.

The localised bilingual education model, the FERTILE model, will be mentioned and explained at the end of this presentation. It could be argued that bilingual education in East Asia can develop a contextualised model that fits local needs rather than blindly importing Western models.

Authors:
Tzu-Bin Lin, National Taiwan Normal University, Taiwan

About the Presenter(s)
Professor Tzu-Bin Lin is the president of Teacher Education at the National Taiwan Normal University. His research interests include education policy and leadership, bilingual education, media literacy, comparative education, and multicultural education.

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