| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| 摘要 | 第5-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6-8页 |
| 1. Introduction | 第8-16页 |
| ·The economics of language: a brief literature review | 第9-12页 |
| ·The economic attribute of language | 第12-16页 |
| ·Language as human goods | 第12-13页 |
| ·Language as human capital | 第13-16页 |
| 2. The need for an economic perspective on bilingual education | 第16-21页 |
| ·Bilingual education and bilingual education research | 第17-18页 |
| ·Bilingual education in China | 第18-21页 |
| 3. The economic approach to bilingual education | 第21-35页 |
| ·Costs and benefits analysis | 第21-27页 |
| ·Costs | 第22-25页 |
| ·Benefits | 第25-27页 |
| ·Individual benefits | 第25-26页 |
| ·Social benefits | 第26-27页 |
| ·Costs and benefits of bilingualism in China | 第27-35页 |
| ·Costs of bilingual education in China | 第27-32页 |
| ·Benefits of bilingualism in China | 第32-35页 |
| 4. The economic interpretation of the lerners’proficiency level of the second language | 第35-39页 |
| 5. The failure of economics in the explanation of some bilingual issues | 第39-43页 |
| Conclusions | 第43-46页 |
| Appendix | 第46-48页 |
| References | 第48-52页 |
