經典名人英語演講稿32：教育——發展的關鍵（智利教育部長在APEC國際教育研討會上的演講） mp3
32. Education--Key to Development
32. 教育——發展的關鍵
It is a priority of Chilean Education Policy to enhance 21st century skills. We have established two priorities: English as a foreign language and the use of technology, computers and internet to advance teaching and learning. Chile shares with the rest of the APEC community the view that these are basic tools to develop our human resources and to expand participation in the global economy.
加強21世紀技能培訓室智利教育政策的當務之急。我們確立了兩項重要任務：將英語作為一門外語，運用技術、電腦網絡等來促進教與學。智利和其他APEC成員一致認為，這些是我們發展人力資源，擴展在全球經濟立足之地的必備工具。
Our country has recently began to implement a long term plan to improve significantly the teaching and learning of English. We are setting standards and we want to measure the achievement of these standards. At the end of this year we will give a diagnostic test to a representative sample of eight and twelve grade students at the end of primary and secondary school respectively. For the first time we will know where our students are at regarding their level of English.
智利已經展開一項長期計劃來更大的提高英語的教與學。我們正在制定標準，并且要衡量一下這些標準所能取得的成效。今年年底，我們將會對一些典型試點做抽樣測試，分別包括八年級的小學生和十二年級的初中生。這將是我們首次定位我們學生的英語水平。
We are also developing programs to support the professional development of our teachers; we have distributed English textbooks to all students from subsidized schools from grades 5 to 12 where teaching a foreign language is compulsory; and also developing programs to attract volunteers to come to Chile to help our teachers and motivate our students to learn English.
我們同時也在開發一些項目來支持我們老師專業技能的提高；我們給津貼學校五到十二年級的學生分發了英語教科書，他們的英語是必修科目；我們同時也開發項目來吸引志愿者來智利幫助老師并且促進學生來學習英語。
Motivation to learn English in a country where still very few people speak the language is a significant challenge. We need to further explore how to boost motivation among our students; perhaps by using innovative technology, audiovisuals, interactive software, educational chatting rooms or other means that could raise interest of young people. This seminar will give us some ideas on this subject.
在一個很少人說英語的國家來激勵人們來講英語是一個很大的挑戰。我們需要進一步探索如何來增強學生學習英語的興趣；或許應用創新科技，視聽教具，互動軟件，教學聊天室以及其他方法來提高年輕人學習英語的興趣。這次會議將會在這方面給我們一些建議。
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