隨著全球化、網路化的到來，英語已經變成一個全球語言。然而，許多雙語教學隱含的跨文化與價值認同等相關議題卻淹沒在這片英語教與學的熱潮中。本研究藉由語言與跨文化等若干理論視角，對這個課題進行初探性與嘗試性的探討。除了瞭解雙語學校為何吸引人，也從雙語學童學習背景及其家庭文化脈絡的角度，檢視雙語學童的文化認知與文化價值觀在整個雙語學習歷程中的發展為何？
本研究採質化研究中的深度訪談法，研究對象包括十位台中華盛頓雙語小學學生、家長以及中英兩部主任。研究結果發現，雙語學校的盛行正反映了在全球化下，台灣人民對英語高度崇拜的社會文化現象。然而標榜全球化教育的雙語學校卻對本土教育產生不當排擠作用，雙語學童不但沒有展現出應有的宏觀的、批判的國際觀，反而產生貶抑本土語言價值與文化的態度，混種性的文化價值觀更淺藏認同危機。值得注意的是，孩子家庭的文化背景更扮演了直接影響雙語學童文化價值與語言評價的關鍵性角色。因此，本研究建議政府及相關單位在努力推動英語學習時，不要忽略本國語言與文化對一個孩子人格發展的重要性。家長也要有自己的定見，在參考各方建議時要能尊重孩子的個別差異其獨特性，不隨波逐流。 / The purpose of this thesis is using a cross-cultural lens to investigate Taiwanese children’s experience with bilingual education, its effects on children cultural values, and other factors that should be taken into consideration in Taiwan’s current bilingual education system.
This thesis will specifically answer the following: What are the motivations of children to study in a bilingual elementary school? What is the role of bilingual education in the development of children’s cultural values, attitudes, and knowledge? What are parents’ perceptions of bilingual education and how does it influence children in various ways? How does bilingual education shape the type of children’s learning experiences under social and familial circumstances?
Interviews with ten students, their parents and two deans of the Washington Bilingual Elementary School were conducted. The results indicated that contrary to the main goal of a bilingual school, which is to broaden the international perspectives of students, the mother tongue is devalorized in bilingual classes. Children therefore perceive an uneven social representation of languages, which further influence their cultural identities. Moreover, some parents regard English proficiency as a representation of their high social-economic status. Under a parent’s influence, these children therefore perceive English as a superior language making Chinese inferior, which seriously influences the development of their cultural identities and ethnic attitudes. These cases indicate that the extent to which western values affect children’s cultural identities will significantly depend on the specific social, familial and educational circumstances which shape the bilingual experience.
Finally, some suggestions to the institutions of bilingual education and to future research are proposed according to the results of this study.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:CHENGCHI/G0914530141 |
| Creators | 張靖筠, Chang, Ching-Yun |
| Publisher | 國立政治大學 |
| Source Sets | National Chengchi University Libraries |
| Language | 中文 |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | text |
| Rights | Copyright © nccu library on behalf of the copyright holders |
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