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1、IntroductionBilingualeducationisatermthatiscommonlyusedbytheEuropeaneducationCouncil.Itreferstothedisciplineofteachingaforeignlanguageorasecondlanguageasateachingmediumtoteach.Inthiseducationsystem,schools’generalcoursesaretaughtbyforeignlanguagesorstudents’secondlangu
2、age.BilingualeducationwasprevalentintheUnitedStates,Canada,Singaporeandothercountries.However,duetothedifferentnationalconditions,thepurposesofbilingualeducationinvariouscountriesalsovaried.Ingeneral,themodesofbilingualeducationcanbedividedintothreedominanttypes;theyar
3、etransitionalbilingualeducation,maintenancebilingualeducation,immersionbilingualeducation.FromwhichtheCanadianimmersionbilingualeducationisthemostsuccessful.Thefinalgoalofbilingualeducationistoacquiresubjects’knowledgeandtoimprovetheirlanguageskills.Studentsareencourag
4、edtouseasecondlanguagetocommunicatethesubjectcontentswithclassmatesandteachersinordertocontinuouslyimprovetheirlanguageskillsandcriticalthinkingability.Manystudieshaveshownthatbilingualchildrengenerallyhavebettersensitivityinlanguagecomprehensionandtendtobemoreflexible
5、inthinkingmodethanmonolingualchildren.Sincetheearly1970s,theUnitedStates,Sweden,Australia,Finland,Spain,Singaporeandothercountrieshavebegunaseriousofbilingualeducationresearchessuittotheirownnationalconditions,onthebasisofCanadiansuccessfulbilingualeducationresearchach
6、ievements,theobjectiveistofullydeveloplearners'languagelearningpotentials,tomaketheirsecondlanguagebeusedasgoodastheirmothertongue,andtobetteradapttotheworld’sdiversifieddevelopment.ThispaperismainlyfocusonthehistoricalbackgroundofCanadaBilingualEducation.Forsearchingt
7、hishistoricalorigindeeplyandspecifically,wehavetotracebacktotheEuropeancolonialperiod.Thepaperisarrangedinfoursections.Firstandforemost,IwilldiscussthehistoricalbackgroundofCanadiansociety,aswellasCanadianbilingualeducation’sorigin,especiallyEnglishandFrench.SecondlyIw
8、illmainlydiscusstheEnglish-speakingCanadiansandFrench-speakingCanadiansrespectively.Thirdly,Iwilltalkaboutbackgroundo
