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WHY NO ESE?

Language and culture go together like a horse and carriage. Many have observed that China  attempts to teach English in the same manner as any other subject. In fact, what China is doing is attempting to teaching English without the western culture that makes the language contextually comprehensible.

An ESE would simply provide far too [...]

ESE at HIT

In September 2011 it  appeared on first blush, that HIT had a very conducive environment for language acquisition. The University web site was most encouraging.

E-Club

E-Club is built on April 2005. It is a student academic organization of Harbin Institute of Tech nology (H.I.T).

E-Club is led by the Postgraduate Research Institute [...]

MY NEW DOOR~

After having BE class, I decided to decorate my door of my dorm. And after doing the decoration, I just got a lot of fun.

just for fun^_^

ESE at ZSTU

The creation of an English Speaking Environment is critical for 2nd language acquisition. Language acquisition occurs when their is comprehensible input in a friendly environment.  Language acquisition occurs when there is language and cultural immersion.  The following articles shed more light on creating an ESE:

China EFL: Why Chinese Universities do not Provide an English Speaking [...]

ESE AT SYSU

After reading the following, post your plan to create an ESE at SYSU.

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ENGLISH SPEAKING ENVIRONMENT

Martin Wolff

Sun Yat-sen University

The SYSU south campus does not lend itself to the creation of an English speaking environment. With 30,000 plus students[1] [...]