According to the Ministry of Education, there were 300 million English learners in China in 2013. English is taught as compulsory(义务的) course from primary school in China, but many people still feel “deaf and dumb” after studying it for many years. What’s the problem?
Jia Fazhan (China)
I’m a Chinese college student studying English as a major right now. And I do think the English education in China can be counted as a failure(失败). Many teachers can’t speak fluent English. The students are not encouraged to actively use the language, and much of what the teacher does is presenting the structural analysis of sentences, teaching the kids different grammar rules.
Mike (US)
If the goal is to pass English tests which focus too much on grammar and translation, how can one expect fluent conversational English from pupils and teachers?
Linda (UK)
I’ve taught ESL in China. Chinese classrooms from elementary school, middle school, high school to college are huge. There can be anywhere from 40, 50, 60, or 70 students. One teacher I met had to teach a high school class of over 100 students. Now I am sure everyone knows the answer to this next question of “how can one learn a foreign language in such a class?” The answer is not good. As a result, while the student has learned English for five, six, or seven years, only some can speak English.
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