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Welcome 歡迎辭 We observe a dual-language education to contribute to qualities of imagination, problem solving, individual growth and interpersonal skills to a degree that far exceeds the pragmatic value of speaking two languages. Yet most international schools are monolingual despite good faith efforts to impart proficiency in “foreign languages”. Dual-language education is a rarity, undervalued and misunderstood by a mostly monolingual international educational establishment. Chinese-English dual-language education, which is surely the most promising of linguistic partnerships today, is largely uncharted territory.

What is the experience of students who are learning in two languages and who come from varied linguistic and ethnic backgrounds? How do we best structure Chinese-English curricula? From theater to experiential learning, and with what we know of the brain and of alphabetic and non-alphabetic languages, how can we best approach this project in which we place such faith?

Welcome to this discussion through which we will continue to explore questions raised...
 * What are the challenges of a Chinese-English dual-language education?
 * How does a school maximize the positive benefits and minimize the negative impacts of dual-language education?
 * What are the cultural navigation skills acquired by students as a result of dual language education? How are they applied in various contexts? What are the implications for staff?
 * How does dual-language education research inform teaching and learning in the school context?
 * How do we collaborate with home cultures to enrich students’ dual-language learning?
 * What can technology offer to enhance the dual-language learning experience?
 * What elements of your dual-language education experience, both personal and professional, are effective? How do you know they are effective?
 * How do you suggest we continue this discourse on dual-language education, specifically Chinese-English dual-language education?


 * 中英雙語教學面臨哪些考驗？
 * 學校如何強化雙語之間相容性的互惠作用；明辨兩種語言的差異，並降低其相互干擾？
 * 接受雙語教育的學生應掌握哪些技能，會有助於他們從容面向多元文化世界？這些技能是如何體現的？雙語教育工作者應如何因應學生的需求擬定教學方案？
 * 學校如何為雙語教學提供相關研究資訊？
 * 我們如何利用學生對母語文化的充分認知，豐富其雙語學習？
 * 科技的運用如何強化雙語學習？
 * 你在雙語教學的實踐中有哪些個人及專業上的心得？你的衡量標準是什麼？
 * 你對我們日後如何繼續開展雙語教育，尤其是中英雙語教育的研討有何建議？