澳大利亚的中文教育环境及专项中文教师培训项目个案分析

A Case Study of Chinese Language Education in Australia and a Training Program for Chinese Language Teachers

澳大利的中文教育和中文教师培养、培训项目在西方英语国家首屈一指。本文分析了澳大利亚中文教育和专业教师培养的动力和阻力因素,并在此背景下调查了澳大利亚一所大学中文教师培训项目的优势和存在的问题。澳大利亚作为典型的移民国家,多元的语言和文化特点以及政府自上世纪70年代推行的多元文化政策为中文和其他非英语语言的教学提供了有利的推动。同时这种学生组成、教师队伍、教育环境的多元性又对中文教学和专业中文教师培训项目的课程设置和实施提出了一系列的挑战。澳大利亚的经验对全球化背景下海外本土中文教师的培养有重要的借鉴作用。

Chinese language education anal teacher preparation in Australia takes a leading position among the English speaking countries. This paper analyses the motivations and hindrances to Chinese language education in Australia. Within this context, a university training program for Chinese language teachers is evaluated. As a typical country of migrants, the muhilingual and muhieultural facts of Australia＇ s society and the muhicultural policy promoted by the government since the 1970s have greatly facilitated the teaching of Chinese and a broader range of languages other than English. Meanwhile, the features of student groups, teachers of Chinese, and the educational environment, determined by this muhicuhural society, have proposed a series of challenges to Chinese teaching, and the curriculum design and delivery of the professional Chinese teacher education programs. Analysis of the Australian experience is expected to provide some implications for the preparation of Chinese language teachers in overseas countries in a global context.