经典名人英语演讲稿32：教育——发展的关键（智利教育部长在APEC国际教育研讨会上的演讲） mp3

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[00:05.90]32. Education--Key to Development
[00:08.77]It is a priority of Chilean Education Policy to enhance 21st century skills. 
[00:14.62]We have established two priorities: English as a foreign language and the use of technology, 
[00:21.21]computers and internet to advance teaching and learning. 
[00:25.10]Chile shares with the rest of the APEC community the view 
[00:32.34]that these are basic tools to develop our human resources and to expand participation in the global economy. 
[00:41.64]Our country has recently began to implement a long term plan to improve significantly the teaching and learning of English. 
[00:49.64]We are setting standards and we want to measure the achievement of these standards. 
[00:54.82]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 
[01:05.16]and secondary school respectively. 
[01:07.36]For the first time we will know where our students are at regarding their level of English. 
[01:13.16]We are also developing programs to support the professional development of our teachers; 
[01:18.65]we have distributed English textbooks to all students from subsidized schools from grades 5 to 12 
[01:25.70]where teaching a foreign language is compulsory; 
[01:29.40]and also developing programs to attract volunteers to come to Chile to help our teachers and motivate our students to learn English. 
[01:37.59]Motivation to learn English in a country where still very few people speak the language is a significant challenge. 
[01:45.68]We need to further explore how to boost motivation among our students; 
[01:50.80]perhaps by using innovative technology, audiovisuals, interactive software, 
[01:56.13]educational chatting rooms or other means that could raise interest of young people. 
[02:02.19]This seminar will give us some ideas on this subject.

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经典名人英语演讲稿32：教育——发展的关键（智利教育部长在APEC国际教育研讨会上的演讲） mp3