Zheng Guanying Official School[1] (Chinese: 鄭觀應公立學校, Portuguese: Escola Oficial Zheng Guanying, EOZGY) is a primary and secondary school in Toi San,[2] Nossa Senhora de Fátima, Macau.[3] It is named after Zheng Guanying. As of 2021[update] it was the sole governmental educational institution in the special administrative region using Standard Mandarin as a language of education.[4]
Zheng Guanying Official School
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Rua Marginal do Canal das Hortas, s/n 台山菜園涌邊街 Macau | |
| Coordinates | 22°12′49″N 113°32′41″E / 22.2135074°N 113.54475839999998°E |
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| Former name | Escola Luso-Chinesa de Tamagnini Barbosa |
| Type | Government school |
| Language | Mandarin Chinese (most subjects) |
| Website | www |
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| Escola Oficial Zheng Guanying | |||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 鄭觀應公立學校 | ||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 郑观应公立学校 | ||||||||||
| Literal meaning | Zheng Guanying Public School | ||||||||||
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| Escola Primária Luso-Chinesa de Tamagnini Barbosa | |||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 巴波沙中葡小學 | ||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 巴波沙中葡小学 | ||||||||||
| Literal meaning | Barbosa Luso-Chinese Primary School | ||||||||||
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| Portuguese | Escola Oficial Zheng Guanying | ||||||||||
History
editThe school opened in 2011 in the facilities of the former Escola Luso-Chinesa de Tamagnini Barbosa (巴波沙中葡小學).[6][7] For each subsequent year, the Zheng Guanying school opened another instructional year.[5] The school was the first government school to use Mandarin as its main instructional medium. In addition, Portuguese was to be used for some classes.[5]
Some parents on social media criticized the school in 2016,[8] stating the fact that students were taking different classes in different languages and that this affected the academic performances of their children. The school administration argued that the parents simply were not accustomed to the format of the school.[9]
In 2017, the school, along with another government school, the Escola Luso-Chinesa da Flora, started pilot bilingual Portuguese–Mandarin classes,[10][11] and some students were taken out of the school as a result.[12]
The school inaugurated its new facilities in 2018.[13]
Curriculum
editMandarin Chinese is the language of instruction of most subjects, while music and physical education are taught in Portuguese. By 2017 the school started a pilot programme for bilingual Portuguese–Mandarin classes.[11]
See also
edit- Escola Oficial Zheng Guanying bus stop (in Chinese)
References
edit- ^ * School document
- Media use of the name: "DSEJ to implement bilingual classes in official schools". Macau Daily Times. 2017-02-15. Retrieved 2022-06-07.
- ^ "Govt announces details of public schools' merger". The Macau Post Daily. 2021-12-15. Retrieved 2023-06-05.
- ^ a b "Escola Oficial Zheng Guanying." Education and Youth Affairs Bureau (Macau). Retrieved on April 9, 2017. "Endereço : Rua Marginal do Canal das Hortas, s/n" – Chinese profile: "學校地址: 台山菜園涌邊街"
- ^ Meneses, João Paulo (February 2021). "Special Report – EOZGY, the Pǔtōnghuà' school". Macau Business. Macau News Agency. Retrieved 2023-06-05.
- ^ a b c Chan, Viviana (2016-03-18). "Escola Zheng Guanying nega acusações de pais". Jornal Tribuna de Macau (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2024-04-11.
- ^ Soares, Catarina Brites (2018-08-23). "Culturas e línguas a pensar nas novas gerações". Revista Macau (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2024-04-11.
- ^ Dias 2017, p. 144.
- ^ "Escola Zheng Guanying acusada de "capricho"". Jornal Tribuna de Macau (in Portuguese). 2016-03-17. Retrieved 2024-04-12.
- ^ Chan, Viviana (2016-03-18). "Escola Zheng Guanying nega acusações de pais". Jornal Tribuna de Macau (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2017-08-15.
A direcção da Escola Oficial de Zheng Guanying rejeita [...] facto que dizem afectar o rendimento dos alunos e, consequentemente, a conclusão dos estudos.
- ^ "Duas escolas oficiais com turmas bilingues". Jornal Tribuna de Macau (in Portuguese). 2017-02-15. Retrieved 2024-04-11.
- ^ a b "Pais com dúvidas sobre projeto-piloto de turmas bilingues em duas escolas de Macau". SAPO Notícias. 2017-02-26. Archived from the original on 2017-08-15. Retrieved 2017-08-15.
- ^ Moody, Andrew J. (2021). Macau’s Languages in Society and Education: Planning in a Multilingual Ecology. Springer Nature. p. 154. ISBN 9783030682651.
- ^ "Escola Zheng Guanying com novo edifício". Jornal Tribuna de Macau (in Portuguese). 2018-01-15. Retrieved 2024-04-11.
Further reading
edit- Dias, Ana Paula Daiva (2017). Escola Oficial Zheng Guanying: estudo de caso de um projeto intercultural trilingue em Macau [Zheng Guanying Official School – case study of a trilingual intercultural project in Macau] (PhD thesis) (in Portuguese). Universidade Aberta. hdl:10400.2/6750.
External links
edit- Official website
(in Chinese and Portuguese) - Associação de Pais e Encarregados de Educação da Escola Primária Luso-Chinesa de Tamagnini Barbosa (in Portuguese) / 巴波沙中葡小學家長會 (in Chinese) – Government Printing Bureau (Imprensa Oficial, 印務局)
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