臺灣國小英語教育之探討： 文化霸權與東方主義觀點

A Study of English Education in Taiwanese Elementary Schools: The Perspective of Cultural Hegemony and Orientalism

本研究旨在探討臺灣國小英語教育之現況，透過文獻分析及觀察與訪談，試圖以教育社會學觀點檢視臺灣英語教育可能存在的英語崇拜現象，察覺其背後隱藏之問題，並探討因應措施。本研究發現，外籍教師文化優勢奠基於西方霸權文化及東方自我殖民主義，台灣家長對外師莫名的英語崇拜，甚而被文化殖民而不自知；透過了解中外籍教師教學現況揭示隱藏其中的迷思，發現外籍教師之教學成效並不如預期。因此，本文藉由探討台灣英語教育的迷思與爭議來檢視台灣教育中英語崇拜的現象，企圖喚醒學習者與教學者的自覺而更具批判意識，並提供建議作為相關利害關係人之參考。

The purpose of this study aimed to explore the English education in Taiwan. By means of literature analysis， observation and interviews， this study attempted to view the phenomenon of English worship in Taiwanese education through the perspective of educational sociology. It detected the hidden problems behind it and offers suggestions for the future of English education in Taiwan. The study had following findings: 1. The preference toward foreign teachers was based on western hegemony and oriental self-colonialism; 2. Taiwanese parents worshiped the foreign teachers， and even were culturally colonized without realizing it; 3. A hidden myth was revealed that the effectiveness of foreign teachers was not as good as expected. Thus， from the phenomenon of English worship in Taiwan education， this study attempted to awaken the awareness of learners and local teachers and to make them more critical of their educational goals.