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4 Great Truths IN THE BEGINNING We hold these truths to be self-evident: You can learn a language for a lifetime and never be able to use it for its communicative purpose. Book Description: This book is a unique running dialogue between professor and post-graduate students at Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou China. A mutual exploration of English teaching in China and both the causes of its general failure and suggested remedies. OF THE STUDENTS, BY THE STUDENTS AND FOR THE STUDENTS Martin Wolff, Editor, CONTRIBUTORS: 2,600 post-graduate students at Sun Yat-sen [...] The debate rages on – what is Standard English? There are those who advocate learning Standard British English, Standard American English or Standard International English. Linguists and language scholars have conjured up such concepts in their own minds but no such Standard English actually exists in reality. Chinese scholars admonish their students to “master” Standard English. The Chinese [...] Professor Martin Wolff I have often said that when a teacher stops learning, they should stop teaching. I want to thank my SYSU Fall 2009 post grad students for introducing me to a new term, “MUTE ENGLISH.” I had never heard this before and it has piqued my interest. A Google search revealed many student comments [...]
INTRODUCTION At any given moment there are twice as many Chinese learning English as there are citizens of the U.S.A. English instruction begins in kindergarten and continues into postgraduate study, for both English majors and non-English majors. Everyone in China must study English. Local variants of English such as Chinglish and Chinese English are [...] STUDENTS OF HOLISTIC ENGLISH ARE WELCOME TO POST AFTER YOUR FINAL EXAM IS FINISHED AND NOT BEFORE. Xinyang Agricultural College “Our new spoken classroom at the school 2-302. It’s different from other classroom. New Oral indeed different from the previous classroom, very English atmosphere. We like it.” Venus Class: 06-business 1 NO: 067013119 “First I am very appreciate [...] INTRODUCTION At any given moment there are twice as many Chinese learning English as there are citizens of the U.S.A. English instruction begins in kindergarten and continues into postgraduate study, for both English majors and non-English majors. Everyone in China must study English. Local variants of English such as Chinglish and Chinese English are discouraged as [...]
The beginning of any new academic semester is fraught with inevitable required adjustments. The post-graduate students (pgs) are no exception. They are required to take one semester of oral English with a foreign teacher. Most pgs have had prior undergraduate experiences with this inconsequential course where the grade does not count [...] |
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