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Li Yang (simplified Chinese: 李 阳; traditional Chinese: 李陽; pinyin: Lǐ Yáng; born 1969 in Changzhou, Jiangsu) is a Chinese educator and language instructor. He is the creator of Crazy English , an unorthodox method of teaching English.
English education in China. The emphasis on English education in China only emerged after 1979 when the Cultural Revolution ended, China adopted the Open Door Policy, and the United States and China established strong diplomatic ties. One estimate (in 2007) of the number of English speakers in China is over 200 million and rising, with 50 ...
- 1 Change in Attitudes of Local Governments Towards English
- 2 Multicultural Social Environment of Children
- 3 Influence of Parents’ Experiences Learning English
- 4 Research Supporting Early English-Chinese Bilingual Teaching
- 5 Availability of Kindergarten Teachers Who Speak English
The attitude of many local governments towards English has added fuel to the fire by making it a social goal for its citizens to increase their English proficiency. For example, in 2002 after Beijing won its bid for the 2008 Olympics, the Beijing municipal government promulgated the Beijing Olympics Action Plan to further promote the Citizens Speak...
The pervasiveness of English in Chinese children’s daily lives is also a key factor behind the high demand for English instruction. For the past 30 years, along with China’s rapid social and economic development, children’s lives have undergone tremendous changes. A big change that has occurred is the more multicultural social environment in which ...
In addition, a driving force behind parents’ desire for their young children to learn English is the type of English learning experiences many parents had in their own schooling. They want their children to avoid negative experiences. For many parents, learning English was unpleasant or even painful. They started learning English in fifth grade, an...
In recent years, findings from some of the studies conducted on early childhood English education in China offer empirical support for the practice of providing English instruction to Chinese young children (see Strong and Zhao 2001; Yu 2007). For example, a research team consisting of a group of Canadian and Chinese researchers started to implemen...
Furthermore, the increased level of English acquired by many kindergarten teachers has made it possible for kindergartens to offer English classes to their children. Currently, a considerable number of early childhood teacher preparation institutions have made English a core component of their programs. Some kindergarten teachers have even passed t...
- Zhenyou Yu, Jiening Ruan
- 2012
Feb 9, 2023 · In this paper, we draw on data collected from a study on pre-schoolers’ experiences of learning English in Shanghai to probe their transcultural identities by examining their translanguaging language practice. Language Learning, Cultural Identification, and Translanguaging.
Mar 14, 2019 · The school wanted the kids to learn at least 5 songs a semester, be able to introduce themselves in English and answer questions about themselves, and learn the vocabulary words from their books and learn several sentences related to the vocabulary. Here’s how I would teach a typical hour long English lesson at my after school teaching job.
May 30, 2018 · This paper investigates attitudes, perceptions and motivations of Chinese primary school pupils and their parents towards the learning of English through both quantitative and qualitative methods, particularly using elicited metaphor analysis.
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By becoming foreign language teachers like so many native English speakers abroad have done, they can promote Chinese language learning, culture, and study abroad or tourism opportunities. In summary, learning English will allow the Chinese people to more successfully promote China to Western peoples, which will allow China to advance to a role ...
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