Being a multilingual country, Taiwan has seen different ethnicities coexist despite a history of colonization. Yet, this diversity, according to some scholars, might be in peril from the latest “paradigm shift” in English education launched in 2019, the Bilingual 2030 policy. Some cheer for its introduction as they yearn for the competitive edge that “bilingual” proficiency could bring future generations internationally; some voice the policy should fundamentally change Taiwan society, where English is predominant, at the expense of local languages; and others favor a more thought-through English-teaching reform, rather than dragging the country’s youth into a “bilingual” tomorrow.
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Chapters/
00:00 What Has Actually Happened?
00:34 Introduction of Bilingual 2030
01:42 Mandarin on Decline
02:24 A Scale Unseen Before
03:00 Where Are We?
03:30 What Could Be An Option?
03:53 Should EMI Be One-Size-Fits-All?
04:30 A Policy Not Considering AI
05:12 Taiwan’s Competitiveness VS English Learning
05:47 Militarily Speaking
06:16 Language Priority for Taiwan
06:50 A Marathon, Not A Sprint
07:18 A Frontline Teacher’s Wish
08:19 Singapore’s Domestic Mandarin Use
09:28 More Than English Learning
09:59 A Taiwan to Foster Innovative Culture
10:26 An Alternative to Consider
11:19 Have We Asked The Right Questions?
12:14 Outro
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