新南向政策與東南亞語文人才培育

Taiwan's New Southbound Policy and Cultivation of Proficient Language Speakers of Southeast Asian Languages

為因應以「人」為本的新南向政策推動，本文著重於東南亞語文人才培育來探討。文中檢視台灣過去對於東南亞語言的漠視，以至於高教端外語發展失衡，當前面臨語文人才不足的困境，並提供南向小尖兵新二代的繼承語能力與使用以及族群認同的最新調查。對於108年即將上路的國小新住民語言教學可能面臨的潛在問題也提出探討，期待在課程實施前納入整體評估與調整，並作為政策規劃之參考。文末提出對於我國愈趨多元與複雜的族群語言生態，實有設立國家級專責語言單位的必要性，以更宏觀與長遠的視野來處理國內語言相關事務。

To respond to the implementation of the human-centered New Southbound Policy, the present study focused on the dimension of proficient speakers of Southeast Asian languages. This article started with discussing the unbalanced language development of higher education in Taiwan. Due to the neglect of Southeast Asian languages, the country is facing a serious shortage of proficient speakers in these languages. In addition, an up-to-date survey of the New Immigrant Children's heritage language proficiency and ethnic identity was presented to the government, who is planning to train these children as the southbound qualified pioneers in the near future. In order to promote the New Immigrant Children's language ability, the government has made plans to incorporate the New Immigrant Languages into 12-year national compulsory education as a language course. However, there are some potential and predictable problems within the language course which may make this proposal unworkable. This article tried to point out the problems and to provide suggestions, hoping that they might be helpful for the adjustment of the language course before it is implemented. Finally, in view of the fact that Taiwan is a multiracial and multilingual society where now language problems will crop up from time to time, the paper points out the necessity of establishing a national institute of language to deal with any language related issues in the future.