The current situation and issues of the teaching of English in China
Yongjun LIU
Ladies and gentlemen, 「皆さんこんにちは。 」 I'm very glad to have this opportunity to come to Japan to say something about English teaching in China. As introduced, I'm working in English Weekly̶a newspaper office. In China, there is a kind of newspaper for the English learners. I'd like to tell you about English Weekly here. This is a newspaper in China especially for the students who are learning English, from primary schools to the universities. In all over China, we have 16 million readers. It is a
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... ery large number. The readers range from primary school students to junior and senior high school students and also the university students. As for the newspaper itself, the form is a newspaper but the content is all about English learning. So it has little to do with the news in China. It's mainly for the learning of English. So now, let's come back to introducing the current situation of English teaching in China. And then I'll say something about the problems and issues of English teaching in China. English teaching has achieved great success in the past 30 years. I said the past 30 years. That means starting from the time when the opening-up policy was adopted in China. As we know, China opened its doors to the world in 1978. So in 2008, it's 30 years. From 1978 on, English teaching has been stressed a lot because China has developed the race to communicate with the world. English tests are required in various fields, for example, college entrance exams, academic title exams and also further education exams. We know China has a large population. So one of the most important exams is the college entrance exam. When the students are taking a college entrance exam, they have to take the English exam. It's a very important factor for the students to give a lot of intention to English learning. Now there are English education departments in most of the universities and colleges. In the past, maybe there were English education departments only in some universities. But now it's very common that most of the colleges or universities have English departments. They encourage students to learn English and then the students will all work in English or teaching English in some schools or universities. The government stressed that all the students from primary school to university are to learn English. We'll have to use a lot of energy for English learning. Now I'd like to introduce to you the Objective Structure of English Curriculum. It's mainly for the students from primar y schools to senior high schools. This is a new English curriculum standard. It is believed that English is taught to be used. So now, the Chinese government has organized a group of 9 experts to develop the English curriculum standard, which will be used to direct English teaching for the primary schools and for the middle schools in China. We can see in
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