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English is a language of borrowed words. In Great Britain there are at least thirty English variations, in the USA more than fifty. Throughout the world every country that adopts English (officially or unofficially) as its second language, has its own English variation. Standard International English, standard British English and Standard American English are mere fanciful [...]  I ENCOURAGE MY STUDENTS TO SPEAK CHINGLISH TO HELP THEM OVERCOME THE NEGATIVE EFFECTS OF THE 4 GREAT LIES. HOWEVER, WRITTEN CHINGLISH PUTS A BAD FACE ON CHINA AND SHOULD BE CORRECTED. WRITTEN CHINGLISH IS FOR FOREIGNERS VISITING CHINA, NOT FOR LOCAL PEOPLE. WRITTEN CHINGLISH CAUSES GREAT HARM TO CHINA’S GLOBAL IMAGE. BEFORE THE OLYMPICS ALL [...] There are academics who pontificate about the difference between Chinglish and Chinese-English. They are the ones promoting the formalization of Chinglish into a formal variation or Chinese brand of English. They wish to compel 1.4 billion Chinese to accept and speak their formalized Chinese-English. What these academics wish to ignore is that the basis for Chinglish [...]
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 [...] CCTV 9 Chinglish Have you noticed the new format for CCTV 9? In a feeble attempt to copy the west, CCTV 9 now utilizes “Expert Commentators” to make remarks about almost every news story. The irritating fact is that the so called experts are NOT. They are mainly professors from famous Beijing universities who give their [...] Oral English Classrooms The course is called Oral English. It is usually conducted in a multi-media classroom with theater style fixed seating. Students are called upon to stand and recite memorized passages. This course should be called “Memorizing Useless Set Phrases.” The course should be re-named “Conversational Chinglish” and it should be conducted in classrooms with movable [...] 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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English is not a subject you study a couple of hours a week...
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