Students' Attitudes toward EMI: Using Chung Hua University as an Example

學生對於以“英語授課”的態度：以中華大學爲例

10.6372/JEFLL.200612.0067

吳文舜(Wen-Shuenn Wu)

英語授課 ； 教學媒介 ； 英語學習 ； English as medium of instruction EMI ； medium of instruction MOI ； English teaching

教育暨外國語文學報

4期（2006 / 12 / 01）

67 - 84

英文

近年來，非英語學習相關課程以「英語授課」(English as a medium of instruction, EMI)似乎成爲臺灣高等教育的熱門潮流之一。經由民國94年11月間電話詢問國內大約20所公、私立大專院校，發覺大部份學校有給以「英語授課」的教授些許鐘點費的優惠，但是對於學校以「英語授課」的政策、實施的範圍、學生的接受度和適應能力、以「英語授課」老師的語言流利度和正確性、相關的配套措施等都尚未有明確的規定。考量到學生的英語能力，中華大學的的「英語授課」主要針對研究所的課程爲主，由任課教授主動提供英文課程大綱申請英語授課。本文作者針對中華大學研究所四科以「英語授課」的上課學生共28位進行問卷調查，結果發現雖然大多數同學承認自己的英文程度並不好，但是普遍認爲「英語授課」是一項很好的政策，也希望以後學校能多開設以「英語授課」的課程。本文先就臺灣目前中、小學到大學的英語教學和「英語授課」現況做簡單的介紹。之後，再就香港和馬來西亞之前和目前的「英語授課」情況做說明，希望能借由亞洲其他國家實施「英語授課」的經驗，給臺灣目前許多大專院校實施「英語授課」的學校一些參考和借鏡。接著就中華大學研究所學生對「英語授課」的心得和觀感，做仔細的分析。雖然中華大學研究所學生的意見並不能代表全臺灣大專學生對「英語授課」的看法。不過，或許可以反應出學生對英語學習積極認同的態度和課堂實際消極使用的矛盾衝突。最後，作者針對如果以後臺灣高等教育也大規模的實施「英語授課」，提出許多讓我們必須謹慎思考、嚴肅面對的議題。

It has been a trend that more and more content teachers in universities of Taiwan are using or are going to use English as a medium of instruction (EMI) for courses that are not related96o language learning. The telephone interviews we have conducted indicated that most universities in Taiwan offered professors nominal financial incentives to make up extra time they will spend, but did not draw up clear guidelines for EMI. Considering students' English proficiency, the EMI language policy is particularly limited to graduate courses. However, some universities also applied it to undergraduate courses. A questionnaire survey was conducted at Chung Hua University to investigate students' attitudes towards EMI. The results showed that most students, even those who confessed that they did not have a good command of English, thought that EMI was a helpful language policy. The findings also suggested that most students were aware that learning English by using it in the classroom was one of the most effective ways to improve their English. The paper also discusses the feasibility of EMI in an EFL environment in Taiwan and compares the EMI language policy with that in some other ESL/EFL areas such as Hong Kong and Malaysia. Finally, the paper concludes with how English teachers in universities of Taiwan should face a possible full-scale EMI language policy in the future and what kinds of roles we can play once EMI is fully implemented.

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