Preliminary Research on the Impact of Bilingual Teaching on Current Technical and Vocational Education in Taiwan †

Based on the blueprint for bilingual education as a national policy, teachers in technical and vocational schools are preparing, in full swing, to teach subjects in English. However, most teachers in the institutions do not have the skills and backgrounds to implement English-mediated instruction (EMI). Therefore, it is necessary to cultivate talents and popularize programs in technical and vocational education and educate talents to have bilingual ability. In addition, international mobility and internship experience in English is also required. The current environment needs to be improved for bilingual education, promoting that bilingual teaching is beneficial to students and teachers. Even though thus puts pressure on them for learning and teaching in technical and vocational schools, bilingual education is the future direction of education in Taiwan.