| Summary: | 碩士 === 國立臺北教育大學 === 兒童英語教育學系碩士班 === 102 === This research examined bilingual students’ Chinese and English proficiency. The subjects were 39 seventh grade bilingual students in a private school in Taipei City. The students took the following standardized tests for the evaluation: SSAT (Secondary School Admission Test) in English and Chinese test with CWT (Chinese Writing Testing Center).
Bilingual students’ SSAT Reading test results were compared with the same grade native English learners in the United States; on the other hand, the subjects’ Chinese test scores were compared with the seventh grade public school students in the same district of Taipei City. Last, 6 students are put into groups according to their English and Chinese test results. Each student received a self-designed questionnaire of attitude toward bilingual education. The results are shown as follows:
1.Taiwanese bilingual students’ English reading proficiencies are not as high as the local American student proficiency score. This is probably due to bilingual students’ mother language is Chinese; they don’t have environmental necessity for using English. The reading comprehension test is relatively more difficult for them, and the language they use at home is mostly Chinese. In addition, Taiwanese bilingual students did not have full preparation before testing.
2.Bilingual students performed with comparable results to Taiwanese public school students on the Chinese test. This is because bilingual students are using Chinese every day so they have more opportunity to practice. Also the private school emphasizes academic performance more; therefore, when bilingual students are learning two languages at the same time, their first language proficiency will not regress.
3.Bilingual students showed a positive attitude and anticipation toward this education model and the study also found the language they use at home usually affects their proficiency in language subjects.
Based on the results, some suggestions were proposed for the school administration, parents, students and future research.
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