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1、探討紐西蘭小學英語課程：如何幫助台灣小學生學習英語？一般而言，各階段的英語教育裡，兒童英語是最需要在教材及教法上仔細考量，然而研究資料顯示，雖然近幾年台北小學生自三年級開始幾乎都已在學校上英語課，然而全國性的教學大綱指引卻仍覆諸闕如。這篇論文首先介紹紐西蘭小學英語教學的課程設計原則，然後蒐集整理筆者走訪奧克蘭四所小學七個班級的英語課程，觀察其所使用教材及教法的一些經驗心得。最後筆者藉由其他地區實行小學教英語的經驗，向台灣負責小學英語課程設計人仕提出一些實質建議，希望在課程設計上能夠與其他課程結合，使學習英語不只是一門學科，在學生略有基礎時，可以利用英語來學習

2、其他諸如唱遊、電腦等科目，讓英語的學習能更生動活潑，以嘉惠莘莘學子。關鍵字：教學大綱、課程設計、小學英語教學AStudyonPrimaryELTinNewZealand:WhatIsAGoodPrimaryPracticeinTaiwan?AbstractThelearningofEnglishbyyoungerchildrenaffectscontentandmethodsmorethanwithotheragegroups.However,researchfindingsonprimaryELT(EnglishLanguageTeaching)inTai

3、wanclaimthereisalackofawell-designednationalcurriculumdespitethefactthatEnglishistaughtasaforeignlanguageinalmostallprimaryschoolsinTaipei,beginninginthethirdyear.ThispaperfirstdescribesanddiscussesthecurriculumdesignoftheprimaryELTinNewZealand.Then,thewriter'sexperiencesofobservin

4、g7primaryELTclassesinAucklandaredocumented,whichparticularlyaddressthematerialsandmethodsemployedintheclassroom.Finally,thepaperconcludeswithanumberofpracticalsuggestionsforcurriculumplannersofprimaryELTinTaiwan.KeyWords:PrimaryELT(EnglishLanguageTeaching),nationalcurriculum,method

5、sand27materialsAStudyonPrimaryELTinNewZealand:WhatIsAGoodPrimaryPracticeinTaiwan?1.IntroductionTheteachingofEnglishtoprimaryschoolchildrenhasbeenraisedasastrongissueinTaiwanoverthelastdecade.Tsao(曹素香,1993)indicatesinherstudythat71.7%oftheschoolchildreninthemetropolitanTaipeiareahav

6、elearnedoraretakingEnglishclassesoutsideofschool.InviewofthiscompellingdemandforEnglisheducationamongyounglearners,theMinistryofEducationpromulgatedtheirpolicyforEnglishteachingatprimaryschoollevel.InDecember1997,itwasofficiallyannouncedthateffectivefromtheacademicyearof1999,all11a

7、nd12-year-oldswouldreceiveEnglisheducationthroughoutthecountry(陳秋蘭,廖美玲,1998).Incompliancewiththenewpolicy,almosthalfofthe2561primaryschoolsinTaiwanlaunchedexperimentalEnglish-teachingprogramsinvariousformsintheacademicyearof1997(戴維揚,1998).TheTaipeiEducationBureaueventookthisonestep

8、furtherbyimplementingEngli