新州学校英语为第二语言的学生比例甚高

一炷香

数据显示50所新州学校中，英语为第二语言的学生比例高达90%。Punchbowl男子高中和Auburn女子高中里面清一色的学生生长在非英语家庭。

新州的10所精英学校也榜上有名，那些成绩名列全州前茅的学生中，97%具有非英语背景。



'Non-English' students shine

http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,25014358-5006009,00.html
EXCLUSIVE by Bruce McDougall
February 06, 2009 12:00am


MORE than 90 per cent of students in almost 50 government schools have a language background other than English, data shows.
And in two Sydney secondary schools - Punchbowl Boys High and Auburn Girls High - every single student was raised in a home where English is not the first language.

Analysis of enrolment figures shows that in 203 public schools more than 70 per cent of students have a language background other than English.

About 10 selective high schools are on the list, with 97 per cent of students at the state's top academic performer, James Ruse Agricultural High, not having English as their first language.

Over the past decade the number of children in public schools with a language background other than English has surged by almost 40,000 to about 207,000. These students now make up 27 per cent of all enrolments.

James Ruse principal Larissa Treskin said literacy and language was not an issue in academic success. "Student achievement is more to do with motivation, the high value their families place on education and the support they receive," she said.

In 1998 there were 168,382 students in government schools who were classified as "language background other than English". By 2007 the number had increased to 207,031.

Data shows 99.42 per cent of students at Granville Boys High have a non-English speaking background, 98.21 per cent at Hampden Park Public in Lakemba, 98.10 per cent at Auburn West Public and Auburn North Public and 97.39 per cent at Cabramatta High.

Associate head of the school of education at the University of Western Sydney, Carol Reid, said more than half of Sydney's population was now made up of first or second generation immigrants.

"There are parts of Sydney where 50 per cent of people have just arrived," she said.

"Many of these people are professionals and they bring with them desire and aspiration (for their children to succeed)."

Former Macquarie Fields High School student Dilip Raj speaks both Tamil and English when at home.

"There was no serious advantage but being culturally diverse did help you understand the value of education," he said.

Source: The Daily Telegraph

penny

那里不是中东人的聚集地吗。

vont

精英中学中的NON-ENGLISH BACKGROUND的学生总数我看统计也是年年上升，现在肯定超过50％了

patrickzhu

原帖由 vont 于 2009-2-6 22:38 发表
精英中学中的NON-ENGLISH BACKGROUND的学生总数我看统计也是年年上升，现在肯定超过50％了

没错，看下面的7年级考入Selective High的学生统计

NESB candidates accepting Year 7 placement into selective high schools for 2008
Students are identified as having a non-English speaking background (NESB) if they indicate that a language other than English is spoken in the home. Sixty-three percent (63%) of students who have accepted Year 7 placement in selective high schools in 2008 have identified as having a non-English speaking background.

Applicants for Year 7 placement into selectivehigh schools for 2008
There were 12834 applicants for selective high school placement in 2008. Fifty percent (50%) of the applicants identified as having a non-English speaking background.