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Frontiers of Education in China

ISSN 1673-341X

ISSN 1673-3533(Online)

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Front. Educ. China    2014, Vol. 9 Issue (4) : 603-611    https://doi.org/10.3868/s110-003-014-0047-x
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On General Issues of Bilingual Education for Minority Ethnic Groups
GU Mingyuan()
International and Comparative Education Research Institute, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China
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Abstract

Minority language literacy is an important issue in national education policy for any multi-nationality country. China sticks to the policy of safeguarding the rights and interests of ethnic minority groups to use their own languages and writing systems. In education, considering communications among different nationalities and the development of minority ethnic groups, a bilingual education policy is being implemented by insisting on teaching students in their own ethnic languages; when the mastery of their own languages has been achieved, bilingual teaching will be employed. There are three types of bilingual teaching for minority ethnic groups: teaching in their own languages, with Mandarin Chinese added; teaching in Mandarin Chinese, with minority languages added; teaching both in Mandarin Chinese and in minority languages. The biggest problems to be solved in implementing bilingual education in ethnic minority regions are the editing of language textbooks and supporting materials for minority ethnic groups and the training of ethnic minority teachers.

Keywords minority ethnic groups      minority language literacy      bilingual education     
Issue Date: 11 December 2014
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GU Mingyuan. On General Issues of Bilingual Education for Minority Ethnic Groups[J]. Front. Educ. China, 2014, 9(4): 603-611.
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https://academic.hep.com.cn/fed/EN/Y2014/V9/I4/603
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