Revamping School Bilingualism in Francophone Primary Education in Cameroon： Some Strategies to Avoid Another Failure  

作　　者：Fasse Mbouya Innocent 

机构地区：[1]University of Douala, Douala, Cameroon

出　　处：《Sino-US English Teaching》2012年第12期1754-1759,共6页中美英语教学（英文版）

摘　　要：In order to revamp school bilingualism in FPE （Francophone primary education） in Cameroon some changes were brought about after the release of a new education orientation law in 1998. Those changes include the institution of NSE （new syllabuses of English）, the institution of an English paper at the end-of-primary school examination, the adoption new course books, the decision requesting all FPE teachers to teach English alongside other subjects This paper the data of which stem from a survey of teachers （n = 222）, pupils （n = 589）, parents （n = 293）, and head teachers （n = 23） in some 30 schools of Yaounde proposes some strategies to help curb the crucial lack of qualified teachers, the high cost of teaching and learning materials and the glaring lack of motivation of teachers. Strategies include how to train specialist teachers in numbers, the institution of a BPB （bilingualism promotion bonus） to generate sustained motivation to teach, a substantial subsidization of course book production With these measures the promotion of French/English school bilingualism in Cameroon primary education may turn from the myth of Sisyphus it has become into a successful undertaking

关 键 词：language policy implementation bilingualism development second/foreign language teaching 

分 类 号：G623.2[文化科学—教育学] G41