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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 [...] 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 the [...] The Hollywood movie “The Terminal” is an interesting story that unintentionally demonstrates the principles of 2nd language acquisition. When surrounded with an English environment, you absorb the language from your environment. You listen to more English, read more English, write more English and speak more English. Chinese students studying English in China are surrounded with a [...] STUDENTS OF HOLISTIC ENGLISH ARE WELCOME TO POST AFTER YOUR FINAL EXAM IS FINISHED AND NOT BEFORE. Xinyang Agricultural College “Our new spoken classroom at the school 2-302. It’s different from other classroom. New Oral indeed different from the previous classroom, very English atmosphere. We like it.” Venus Class: 06-business 1 NO: 067013119 “First I am very appreciate [...] THE PURPOSE OF THIS THREAD IS TO EXPLORE ATTITUDES ABOUT CULTURAL CHANGES AFOOT WITHIN CHINA. What may have been unacceptable just 5 years ago now seems in vogue. But the question is: Is this a localized abboration or a national change in what is acceptable under the culture of the new China? March 14th, 2008 at [...] 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 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 [...] STUDENTS’ LACK OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AWARENESS Martin Wolff Sun Yat-sen University INTRODUCTION Intellectual Property Protection remains a hot topic in China. The west applies constant pressure on China for more enforcement and China responds with increased enrollment in law schools, retention of more prosecutors and an annual increase of prosecutions and convictions. Yet, [...] MAKE A NEW FRIEND This is your final and most difficult homework assignment. You have two weeks to complete this assignment. Introduce yourself to a foreign exchange student who is a complete stranger to you.. Engage in an extended conversation or even an activity such as inviting them to join you at English Corner, go to climb [...] |
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