加拿大新移民英語教學服務之調查研究

An Investigation of English Teaching Service for Newcomers to Canada

作者曾前往加拿大亞伯達省卡加利市，實際體驗當地生活，目睹許多來自世界各地人士，雖然不少擁有專業知識或技能，唯因語言溝通問題， 致使他們無法在短期內找到適當工作。其中約有半數來自亞洲。加拿大政府為了協助新移民，提供頗具成效的英語教學服務。本文特予簡要介紹其班別、課程、教材與教學法等，以供台灣英語教學者之參考。

The author once went to Calgary, Alberta, Canada, experiencing the local life there. She witnessed a lot of people from different parts of the world. Although many of them were possessed of professional knowledge and technique, they were unable to get proper positions in short time only because of the problem of communication. About a half of them came from Asia. In order to give assistance to those newcomers, the Canadian government has offered effectual English teaching service. This article makes a brief introduction to its programs, courses, teaching materials and methods, etc. for reference by those who are engaged in English teaching in Taiwan.