Disaster of Taiwan's "Bilingual Nation 2030"： An All-Lose Dinosaur Policy

The incumbent administration is strongly pushing for the “Bilingual Nation 2030” policy, which requires all levels of schools to quickly move towards the goal of “using English as the teaching language for all subjects”. From sports, music to social studies, science, and mathematics, no subject will be spared. This policy has not only caused widespread misery in the teaching field but will also seriously harm the country’s language and true competitiveness. This will be a national security-level disaster because competitiveness is not “English ability”, but thinking ability, knowledge foundation, and creativity, and these conditions can only be obtained through proficient use of the local language. How can we stop this erroneous policy that is about to cause Taiwan’s education to collapse and its future to be worrying?

The Fair Winds Foundation invited Chang Wu-chang, an adjunct professor in the English Department of National Taiwan Normal University and former dean of the College of Literature at National Taiwan Normal University; Ho Wan-shun, a lecturer in the Department of Foreign Languages at Tunghai University; Luo Te-shui, public relations director of the National Federation of Teacher Unions (NFTU) and independent columnist for Commonwealth Magazine; and Chou Chung-tien, a retired professor in the Department of English and Translation Studies at National Taiwan Normal University; to discuss in-depth the problems that Taiwan’s bilingual policy will ignite. The forum was hosted by Liao Hsien-hao, a special professor in the Department of Foreign Languages at National Taiwan University and the dean of the College of Humanities and Social Sciences at National Taiwan University. Please join us in examining this critical issue.

Time: Saturday, May 27, 2023 2:30 PM—4:30 PM

Venue: International Conference Hall, GIS MOTC Convention Center (No. 24, Sec. 1, Hangzhou S. Rd., Zhongzheng Dist., Taipei City 100)

Main Organizer: Fair Winds Foundation

Co-organizers: TVBS, China Times, The Storm Media

Contact: (02) 2752-1700

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