Comments for China Holistic English

Comment on TESTS by Richard_PG_1

Richard_PG_1 — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 09:17:38 +0000

Traditionally, we pay too much attention to memorizing words and reading articles instead of speaking since the teaching method is exam-driven and the students are judged by their scores. One way to change this phenomenon is making the HSE as important as normal English teaching; at least they contribute the same to our scores, then the students will pay enough attention to their speaking English.

Comment on PROPOGANDA by Richard_PG_1

Richard_PG_1 — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 02:20:50 +0000

It’s a special Chinese future that the country is controlled only by the CCP. So it can do anything it likes to prevent the people from subverting its rule. University students are the future of society. They are well-educated. As long as they are willing to be ruled by the party, the society will be stable. Meanwhile, thought control, commonly known as brainwash, is the most powerful and effective method. It’s for the political need.
On the other side, CCP stands for the direction of advanced prolificacy, as they’ve told us, so they should enhance the China’s ability of innovation in the world. That’s why the young are encouraged to think creatively.
So, it is not contradictory when we see the news. However, with thought control, university students will never gain the true ability to think creatively. The party will only accept the neuter and unharmed ideas. The only thing we have to fear is not only fear itself but also life threatening.

Comment on TESTS by Lucky PG 4

Lucky PG 4 — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 14:05:19 +0000

That’s why we can score high in the exam. however,we can’t speak English outside.

Comment on HE Baby by violet PG4

violet PG4 — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 08:28:05 +0000

I feel so lucky that my unborn baby has been in holistic English environment. Martin and classmates are so kind to us. I’ll tell the story to my kid when he or she grows up. At last, my appreciation goes to everybody.

Comment on CET INSANITY by TimPG6

TimPG6 — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 13:54:41 +0000

Some students can pass the CET easily, but others need to try two or more times. In a sense the score of CET is equal to the capacity of studying English. Many students rely on the impetus of exam to study English, but many of them are not willing to study English if the exam is over. I think the educational institutions should provide better ways to teach students to study English. I hate the present way of teaching because I feel disappointed at my English studying.

Comment on WHITE MONKEYS by TimPG6

TimPG6 — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 15:31:43 +0000

Today, every university in China has been increasing the number of students. Many people say that the policy of enrollment expansion leads the declining quality of students. I think everything has two edges. The policy also decreases the number of illiterate people. But I don’t agree that recruiting more teachers by reducing the requirements of foreign teacher qualifications because it is bad for students’ development.

Comment on JOURNALS by TimPG6

TimPG6 — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 14:01:46 +0000

I agree that English journals in our university are helpful for our English studying. The most important is that the students should insist on reading English journals. If I form the habit of reading English journals, I believe that it must give me a surprise in English studying. It needs a long time to accept the English journals because we are used to Chinese journals. The foreign teachers in China can learn Chinese when they teach in China, it will help them.

Comment on PURE ENGLISH by TimPG6

TimPG6 — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 14:19:26 +0000

Sometimes I don’t know whether I speak and write Chinglish or not. But my teachers don’t agree that I speak too much Chinglish. Now I am free to study English or other languages.I believe that I will use a lot of Chinglish.I believe that I will have much trouble without the help of English teacher. I can’t be sure how to improve when I speak some Chinglish.

Comment on WHITE MONKEYS by Clark PG5

Clark PG5 — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 04:19:08 +0000

Maybe there is another way: Recruit qualified foreign teachers to train Chinese teachers who teach English and get them to know the English culture, manner, and how to make students gain the ability to use English and express themselves. The most embarrassing thing is that most students are studying English just for high grades, and they lose the opportunity to learn English culture and speak English, and western principles like “Do it today, don’t delay”. China is making a big progress in economy, power, culture, let’s see what will happen in education.

Comment on COMPARE by TimPG6

TimPG6 — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 14:00:47 +0000

It can be seen from the data that Holistic English helps most students to improve their English in Listening, Reading, Oral. The trend of the curves is similar. The most students get greater benefit but smaller students get greatest benefit. I know that the Holistic English plays an important role in improve my oral and listening. I was afraid to speak when I had my first class. But after a few classes, I feel better and speak loudly. Listening is my weakness and I have to say that it helps me. Watching English movie is a good way to study English.