The Development of TPACK for Trilingual Teachers in Chinese Ethnic Minority Regions

Abstract

From observing on the trilingual class education in Jinkouhe, a Chinese ethnic minority region, the author examines the widespread absence of the use of information technology application in trilingual education, although the multimedia hardware has been equipped generally. language education should be learner-centered with the emergence of and increased emphasis on informatization. Thus, the English teachers should be provided with Technological Pedagogical and Content Knowledge (TPACK). This paper describes theoretical research on the development of TPACK for trilingual educators, based on the current condition of the information technology application in Chinese Ethnic Minority. The trilingual educators’ community is supposed to develop by applying TPACK, which contributes to the establishment of a trilingual education model and the formulation of minority language policy.