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前几天10月12日,有一条关于留学生语言班的新闻,说留学生上的语言班要取消了,要改革,要怎样怎样,说什么的都有。听来听去,也没听出个门道。于是决定去看看Herald Sun的新闻。看了澳洲几家主流媒体对于这个事情的报道,决定以Herald Sun*的新闻报道为文本,详细分析这条新闻。
*Herald Sun是基于墨尔本本地的新闻媒体,官网
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/
新闻网址是:
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/special-features/news-in-education/education-minister-simon-birmingham-announces-foreign-students-have-to-scrub-up-english-skills-to-study-in-australia/news-story/64d0f2ca0fd6852c39aab1ce1c2e4399
新闻原文的截图是这样的:
标题截图
新闻标题:
Education Minister Simon Birmingham announces foreign students have to scrub up English skills to study in Australia
意思是:
Simon Birmingham这个人,是澳大利亚的教育部长(education minister),他宣布(announces):外国学生(foreign students)必须(have to)提高英语水平(scrub up English skills)为了在澳大利亚学习的话(to study in Australia)。
读完标题,得到的信息是,部长作为一个有权利做决定的人,他宣布了一件事情:外国留学生必须要提高英语水平。具体要怎么样,我们接着看:
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FOREIGN students will be forced to brush up on their English skills if they want to study at Australian universities and colleges from next year.
小标题的意思是:从明年开始,想要在澳大利亚学习的留学生会被强制提高他们的英语水平。
要点:强制英语课,从明年开始执行
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More than 150,000 international students who come to Australia every year will have to pass tough new English language exams before they can begin their preferred courses.
每年有超过15万的留学生必须在他们开始学习大学课程之前,通过有分量的、新的英语水平考试。
要点:有分量的、新的语言班
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They will have to undergo at least 20 hours of face-to-face teaching a week in intensive courses designed for non-English speakers who want to study in Australia.
留学生将必须上每周至少20小时的面对面的,专门为留学生设计的强化课程。
要点:至少每周20小时
读到这,能得到的信息是:
所有留学生的强制语言课。(中国和所有外国留学生)
不同于现在的语言课程,会是tough,有分量的。
至少每周20小时。(大概每天4小时)
新语言班具体何时执行,收不收费用,会不会影响读本科和研究生的进度,这些会影响到留学生的具体信息还不知道。
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接着读:
Federal Education Minister Simon Birmingham said the overseas students who had poor English skills were disadvantaging themselves and their Australian classmates.
联邦教育部长Simon Birmingham说,英语水平不好的海外留学生既使自己处于不利情况,也在和澳大利同学的学习中处于劣势。
“What we hear from universities, vocational education providers and from the regulator is that some students are slipping through the cracks,” Senator Birmingham said.
我们从大学,职业教育机构和监管机构听到的是,一些学生正在被抛下。
“Some students simply don’t have the English language skills they need to succeed. It means they draw away from getting involved in lectures, tutorials and group study work while their classmates and teachers struggle to bridge the language divide.”
一些学生根本不具备毕业所需要的英语能力。就是说他们离上课、课堂讨论和小组讨论越来越远,然而同时,他们的同学和老师正在努力克服语言鸿沟。
要点:这3个小段,都是说留学生之所以要上强制的语言课程,是因为由于英语不好对于留学的巨大不利影响。
比如,中国留学生的作业代写;西人看一页A4纸的书用2分钟,国际留学生看一页A4纸的书用一上午。
新语言班具体何时执行,收不收费用,会不会影响读本科和研究生的进度,这些会影响到留学生的具体信息还不知道。
澳洲教育部长,Simon Birmingham本尊
Senator Birmingham will tell the Australian International Education Conference in Hobart today that the situation is not fair to the international or Australian students or their teachers.
议员Birmingham将在霍巴特告诉澳大利亚国际教育会议,这一情况对国际留学生,对澳大利亚学生,以及对他们的老师都不公平。
Last year, Victoria welcomed 42,500 international students who had to complete some English training, including 15,000 from China, 4000 from Colombia, 3000 from Thailand and 2000 from India.
去年,维多利亚州迎来了42500名上过英语培训的国际留学生。这其中包括1.5万人来自中国,4000人来自哥伦比亚,3000人来自泰国,和2000人来自印度。
Two-thirds of these students were on student visas and more than 60 per cent of them went on to higher education or vocational courses.
这其中2/3的学生持学生签证,超过60%的学生要读高等教育或者职业课程。
The intensive English courses will now face stricter standards to ensure all students get enough time with teachers, who will have no more than 18 per class.
强化英语课程现在将面临更严格的标准,以确保所有学生有和老师足够的时间在一起,并且每个班级不超过18个人。
要点:每个班最多18个人。
Currently, students can begin their studies without proof they have met English requirements.
目前,学生可以在没有满足英语水平要求的情况下开始大学学习。
比如现在大学里的英语直升班就属于这种情况。
Under the Turnbull Government crackdown, providers of the courses — which will take an average of 13 weeks to complete — will now have to formally assess students before they are admitted to further studies.
在谭宝政府的镇压下,这些课程的提供者(平常需要13周完成),现在必须正式评估学生,学生才能进行进一步的学习。
“This is about ensuring students have the English language skills they need to participate, contribute and learn,” Senator Birmingham said.
这是为了确保学生有他们需要的语言能力来参与学习,贡献自己,和学习到东西。
“It’s clear we need more scrutiny in the system.”
很明显,我们需要在系统中进行更多的审查。
要点整理:
要点:澳洲教育部长宣布
要点:强制英语课,从明年开始执行
要点:有分量的、新的语言班
要点:至少每周20小时
要点:每个班最多18个人
所以,教育部会制定能够帮助国际留学生的英语课程,也会有更加严格的语言班毕业标准。