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摘要

普通話是中國政府的官方語言。九七之後的香港，普通話在政治、經濟和教育方面的影響力將不斷提高，是不爭的事實。本文回顧了普通話作為一個中小學自由開設的學科，在過去十年間的發展，並就語言規劃、語言環境、課程發展、教學實踐、師資培訓、語言能力和教學語言等多個角度，探討普通話作為一個學科與一個教學語言的未來路向。

本文本文為向教育統籌委員會語文能力工作小組提交的顧問報告書中的其中一個部分。其中一些建議給納入該小組的報告書內。

Abstract

Putonghua is the official language of the Chinese Government. There is no doubt that Putonghua will continuously increase its influence on various aspects, including politics, economy and education after 1997 in Hong Kong. This paper reviews the development of Putonghua as a subject voluntarily taught at secondary schools and primary schools in the past ten years. The future roles of Putonghua as a learning subject and as a medium of instruction are examined from different perspectives, such as its language planning, language environment, curriculum development, teaching practice, teacher education, language proficiency and teaching language.

This paper is an extract of the Consultancy Report submitted to the Working Group on Language Proficiency of the Education Commission. Some of the suggestions are included in the Report prepared by the Working Group.