Bilingual by 2030- How do we get there?
As a licensed, expat Canadian teacher living in Taiwan, I have mixed feelings about the “ Bilingual 2030 ” policy- an initiative to make Taiwan a bilingual nation by 2030. Although I already practice Content Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) - teaching content through the language they are learning- in my classes to some degree, I do wonder, at times, if I am doing my students justice. I have never received formal training in CLIL and wonder about the progress of this policy by 2030. Having been in Taiwan for a number of years, I had the pleasure of getting to know local Taiwanese teachers, and working alongside them. However, I was the one that had to seek them out. With the current system, foreign teachers and local teachers have very little contact, if any, with each other. It’s as if we are two different communities, different entities that shouldn’t work together. I disagree with that thought. Based on my understanding of the pol...