全球化與兩岸英語人才開發策略的比較分析

Globalization and Bilingual Manpower on the Two Sides of the Taiwan Strait

王瑞琦(Juei-Chi Wang)

《中國大陸研究》 45卷6期 (2002/11) Pp. 81-111

https://doi.org/10.30389/MCS.200211_45(6).0004

摘要

二十世紀末，為因應國際化、全球化的潮流，兩岸均全力推動英語人才的培育。關於英語人才的培育，兩岸研究者主要從英文教學的角度分析。但是，從人力資源發展策略的角度觀之，政府政策、民間學習的資源、人力資源的儲備均是觀察之要素。本論文研究顯示，就二十一世紀兩岸英語人才發展而言，儘管台灣在英語教育的發展和科技資訊方面仍占優勢，但在政策的推動上遠不及彼岸的積極與效率。台灣的人力資源儲備更是處於劣勢。台灣要保持現有的優勢，不僅要提高民眾的英語水平，更應致力提昇專業人才的英語能力。

關鍵字

全球化 ； 人力資本 ； 英語教材 ； 英語人才培育

並列摘要

At the turn of the century, thanks to globanlization, promoting English language learning has become a hot issue on the two sides of the Taiwan Strait. This paper, from the angle of human capital investment, has made a comparative study of the evolution of the policies, learning resources, and the reservoir of bilingual (English-Chinese) manpower on both Taiwan and the Chinese mainland over the past five decades. The analysis shows that although Taiwan is still superior to the Chinese mainland in terms of promoting English language learning, over the past decade it has ostensibly been losing its competitive advantage due to lack of efficiency in the implementation of manpower policy, particularly in the cultivation of bilingual skilled manpower. To keep its competitive advantage, Taiwan, in addition to continuing to promote English language learning, should all the more stress the enhancement of the English proficiency at home.

並列關鍵字

globalization ； human capital investment ； English language learning ； bilingual specialized manpower

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