by Christine Cheng In 2018, the Taiwanese government launched the Bilingual 2030 Policy, which is a long-term policy that aims at the achievement of competence in both Mandarin and English at the national level. The 2030 Bilingual Policy was developed in the hope of elevating global competitiveness and responding to increasing internationalization. However, the National Federation of Teachers’ Unions gathered to call for the suspension of the policy. Moreover, many Taiwanese also launched a petition to stop it.
Why has the Bilingual 2030 Policy stirred up such a strong backlash from both the public and teachers? I asked two students who have bilingual teaching experiences in the Department of English Instruction to discuss the current policy. Kayla and Jenna are studying to be bilingual teachers, and they shared some of the challenges they met in the current implementation of the Bilingual 2030 Policy.
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