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1、RevisitingProficiency:AnImportantRequirementforElementarySchool305EnglishTeachersinTaiwanRevisitingProficiency:AnImportantRequirementforElementarySchoolEnglishTeachersinTaiwanCherylWei-yuChenPart-timeInstructor,DepartmentofLanguageandLiteratureStudies,NationalHsinchuUniversityofEducationPhDCandida
2、te,DepartmentofEnglish(TESOLTrack),NationalTaiwanNormalUniversityAbstractAmongthemanycompetenciesrequiredforprimaryschoolEnglishteachers,onewhichhasrecentlyreceivedmuchattentionintheliteratureisteachers’proficiencyinthetargetlanguage.Inthispaper,itisarguedthatEnglishproficiencyisacrucialfactorinde
3、terminingone’sprofessionalismandthatlanguageimprovementshouldbeamajorconcernfornon-native,bothpre-andin-service,Englishteachers.Teachers’commandofthetargetlanguageisespeciallyimportantintheTaiwanesecontextwhereelementaryschoolEnglishteachersareoftenrecruitedfrommanydifferentsourcesandinarush.Given
4、theimportanceofproficiencyinteacherqualification,theimplicationsforthecentralandlocalgovernment,trainingprograms,andpre-andin-serviceteacherswillalsobediscussed.ItishopedthatmoreeffortswillbedevotedtoEnglishteachereducationtoleadtothesuccessoftheearlystartpolicyofEnglisheducationinTaiwan.Meanwhile
5、,teachersthemselvesneedtoprioritizethedevelopmentoftheirproficiencyintheirquestforprofessionalism.Keywords:Englishproficiency,elementaryschoolEnglisheducation,elementaryschoolEnglishteachereducationprogramsRevisitingProficiency:AnImportantRequirementforElementarySchool305EnglishTeachersinTaiwanSta
6、rtinginthefallsemesterof2001,theentirepublicschoolsysteminTaiwanhasbeenundergoingtremendousamountofchangesasaresultofthemandatoryimplementationofthenewcurriculumguidelines,theNine-YearIntegratedCurriculum(NYIC).Aimingtoverticallyintegratetheprimaryschoolandjuniorhighschoolcurriculum,theNYICisproba
7、blythemostdrasticeducationalreformeverattemptedinTaiwan.AnimportantpartofthishistoricreformistheincorporationofEnglishintotheprimaryschoolcurriculum.Startingfrom2001,Grades5and6childrennationwidewouldstartlearnin