China Holistic English » dead language http://chinaholisticenglish.org Official Home of Holistic English Sun, 20 May 2012 14:13:36 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 MUTE ENGLISH http://chinaholisticenglish.org/holistic-english/mute-english/ http://chinaholisticenglish.org/holistic-english/mute-english/#comments Wed, 27 Jul 2011 00:42:31 +0000 Theodore http://chinaholisticenglish.org/?p=625 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 [...]]]> 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  about MUTE ENGLISH but a Google Scholar search turned up not a single scholarly paper published on the subject.

ABSTRACT

“Mute English” is a unique Chinese phenomena ignored by linguistic scholars but derided by Chinese students. It is a communicative language taught as if it were a dead language, like Latin. We explore the origins, as well as the cause and effect of this phenomenon.

Read the article on the download page.

Mute English: The Latin of China

]]> http://chinaholisticenglish.org/holistic-english/mute-english/feed/ 998 ’10 MUTE ENGLISH http://chinaholisticenglish.org/teaching-english-in-china/10-mute-english/ http://chinaholisticenglish.org/teaching-english-in-china/10-mute-english/#comments Fri, 09 Apr 2010 10:54:01 +0000 Theodore http://chinaholisticenglish.org/?p=1658 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 [...]]]> 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 but a Google Scholar search turned up not a single scholarly paper published on the subject.

ABSTRACT “Mute English” is a unique Chinese phenomena ignored by linguistic scholars but derided by Chinese students. It is a communicative language taught as if it were a dead language, like Latin. We explore the origins, as well as the cause and effect of this phenomenon.

Read the article on the download page. Mute English: The Latin of China

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