This article investigated one English policy in Taiwan by shedding light on the recruitment of English teachers. The Taiwanese government has assigned English Educational Military Substitutes to assist early English education due to the lack of qualified English teachers in rural districts since Taiwan implemented the national English education in elementary schools in 2001. The government praises this policy as realization of educational equality because the introduction of the English Educational Military Substitutes aims to minimize the educational gap between urban and rural districts. In this paper, specific attention was given to the extent to which this language policy benefits the economically disadvantaged (or advantaged) groups. Data for this paper are drawn primarily from governmental documentation and reports from the Ministry of Education. Critical Applied Linguistics (CALx) both as a theory and a method provided the tools to examine the data. Analysis of the data indicates that this policy doesn’t serve the interests of English disadvantage groups as it claims but benefits the economically privileged groups.
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INTRODUCTION THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK CALx Approach to Discourse CALx Approach to Language Policy and Planning HISTORICAL OVERVIEW OF ENGLISH EDUCATION IN TAIWAN Problems of English Education in Elementary Schools COMPULSORY MILITARY SERVICE IN TAIWAN AND ITS APPLICATION TO ENGLISH EDUCATION The Number of Student Beneficiaries Doubtful Standards of EEMSs Advantaging the Economically Privileged Exclusion of Degrees Obtained outside of English Speaking Countries CONCLUSION ACKNOWLEDGMENTS THE AUTHOR REFERENCES
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Ming-Hsuan Wu [ University of Pennsylvania, U. S. A. ]
The goals of Asia TEFL are to promote scholarship, disseminate information, and facilitate cross-cultural understanding among persons concerned with the teaching and learning of English in Asia. In order to accomplish this, Asia TEFL will pursue the following goals:
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3. To host conferences and seminars addressing important issues concerning ELT in Asia.
4. To develop proficiency guidelines and assessment methods designed for the needs of the Asian context.
5. To develop programs for Asian learners and teachers of English to build their English language proficiency and cultural understanding and provide them with the skills required to be efficient English teaching professionals.