Abstract

With globalization and rapid social and economic development, the need for bilingual talents is increasing, and bilingual teaching, which is to enhance two languages’ skills, has become one of the brightest moves to the national education reform and also one of the hottest topics to education research in China’s primary school. Bilingual teaching has been regarded as a need of China’s attempt to adapt itself to the internationalization and train internationally conscious talents. Bilingual teaching has been practiced for many years in China, but the application in primary school does not go smoothly. The thesis first clarifies the definition of bilingual teaching, and then points out the importance of bilingual teaching. An in-depth discussion is the current status of bilingual teaching in primary school, and a proper analysis is provided about the problems China’s primary schools are faced with in terms of teachers, language environment, teaching material and courses. In the end, my own views on how to work out the problems are presented, including strengthening the teachers’ team construction, creating bilingual atmosphere, developing bilingual materials and improving the construction of curriculum.

Keywords: Bilingual teaching; Chinese primary school; problems; corresponding measures

Contents

Abstract

摘要

1.Introduction1

2.Literature Review1

2.1 The Definition of Bilingualism and Bilingual Teaching.2

2.2 The Significance of Bilingual Teaching2

2.3 The Current Status of Bilingual Teaching in China’s Primary School.4

3.Main Problems of Bilingual Teaching in China’s Primary School4

3.1 Lack of Professional Faculty.5

3.2 Lack of Favorable Teaching Environment6

3.3 Lack of Bilingual Textbooks.7

3.4 Lack of Reasonable Courses.8

4.Solutions to Bilingual Teaching in China’s Primary School9

4.1 Strengthening the Construction of Bilingual Teachers9

4.2 Creating Learning Environment for Bilingual Teaching.10

4.3 Choosing Proper Teaching Materials12

4.4 Setting up the Course Scientifically13

5. Conclusion14

Works Cited.16