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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 [...]
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 [...] 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 [...]  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 [...]
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 [...] 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. I rarely [...] |
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