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LANGUAGE LEARNING The concept of language learning is linked to the traditional approach to the study of languages and today is still generally practiced in high schools worldwide. Attention is focused on the language in its written form and the objective is for the student to understand the structure and rules of the language through [...] 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 [...] 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 about MUTE [...] English Corner MY ENGLISH CORNER EXPERIENCE Also: go to the download page and read the free article China EFL: English Corner Over the years I have attended enough English Corers to know that it is better to avoid them like you would avoid SARS, they make me sick. Many foreign teachers have no choice; it [...] I AM SO #@&%$ ANGRY! – – AND YOU SHOULD BE TOO CONCLUSION A Sun Yat-sen administrator ( not in the English teaching department) disregards students’ opinions and does not disguise his contempt for those he is supposed to serve: “You mean you believe in their moody frustration in learning (yes, learning) English? [...]
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 [...] I’m NOT Lovin it! I am a post-graduate non-English major at Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China. I am required to study English for one more semester. I do not want to study English. I am only doing it because it is required by the university. I will never need to use English after I graduate. [...] STUDENT/CONSUMER SATISFACTION SURVEY HOLISTIC ENGLISH vs. TRADITIONAL ORAL ENGLISH MARTIN WOLFF Sun Yat-sen University INTRODUCTION Under the leadership of Dean XIA Jimei, PhD and Vice-Dean Wang Zhe, PhD, Sun Yat-sen University (Zhongshan), Guangzhou, a top tier university, arguably has one of China’s [...] |
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