Comments on: New Chinese Puzzle

By: Tina Class 11C

Tina Class 11C — Sat, 10 Apr 2010 12:41:34 +0000

I personally think that the most effective way of learning English is the situational teaching. We should strive for students to create an atmosphere of learning English. Thus, students will take the initiative to learn English and really like English. And they are also willing to put English as a part of life, put it into our daily life.

By: Sunny Class Three

Sunny Class Three — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 13:38:31 +0000

As for the Puzzle in your article, I believe that it is a difficult and troubling puzzle for all the teachers and students who are teaching or learning English. At this time, I think of a famous people whose name is Li Yang. He created his crazy English more than ten years ago, and he has a dream “let 300,000,000 Chinese speak English fluently”. I admire him because of his great dream. But the dream is so difficult to come true. In fact, Li Yang has changed a great number of youths’ fortune. But it is not suitable for all the students. Too difficult puzzle!

By: Doreen class4

Doreen class4 — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 13:28:23 +0000

As mentioned in the article, reforming TEFL in China is a monumental task under current circumstances. And CeT-4 or CET-6 can not shoulder all the blame and responsibility. I think English tests are still necessary in China, because most students study English motivating by the tests. If there are not English tests, Chinese students would learn English worse. Since all the schools and students attach importance to the tests, maybe we could reform the tests first .If oral English are ordained as a part of the tests,the sudents would try their best to practise English, also teachers and schools would make a good environment of speaking Englishi for students in schools. We could just expect students to improve their oral English by this way in a short time. For a long term advancement, all the teachers and students should change their mind on learning English,not just for tests, but for fun and help in the future.

By: White_class13

White_class13 — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 11:52:22 +0000

As a Chinese student, I have a question for so long: I have learned English for more than ten years but I still have no confidence in my English, why is it? And many others have the same question as me, why? I consider the question seriously, but it comes to nothing. And, as a Chinese, I don’t want to comment what’s our government should do and what shouldn’t. All people are trying hard to carry out the reform but reforms need much longer time. What we should do now is to continue trying hard instead of make a comment. It’s better to do well than to say well. So I give an answer to my question: I should spend time on studying English, not considering a fact that I couldn’t change.

By: Eva class 13

Eva class 13 — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 07:51:09 +0000

As a Chinese, I know I should love my country. But, here, I have to say something about the English education in China. As known to all that China has spent so much in English teaching and learning. But the result is not as good as people’s expected. So it’s time to change the way of learning English. The puzzle exist for we all have not realized it completely. The national key university directly under the Ministry of Education should take measures to change the state and eliminate the surprised puzzle.

By: Lynch Class 9

Lynch Class 9 — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 05:15:41 +0000

This is really a true situation our English teaching system faced in China today,maybe we ourselves also do not have a clear understanding about it.
Today,English learning in China have been concerned greatly by the whole country.When we want to entrance universities,we need to take part in a lot of English tests first,and also,when we want to find job opportunities,we still need to use some certifications to identify that we have done well in English,these are really common in everywhere of the country.
But as we treat English so important,we still do not find a right way to improve our English,as the article mentioned,most Chinese teachers of English whom are hired by the government even can not accomplish enough in English to teach English using English.Also,the methods that the teachers used to teach us have a lot of shortcomings,the separations about English teaching make us just know how to learn English ,but really do not know how to use English.So,I think that it’s urgent for us to do a reform on our country’s English teaching system.

By: lincoln_class4

lincoln_class4 — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 04:52:14 +0000

The puzzle always exists in my mind.Why should we study English and how can we study it very well?English as a worldwide language is very important.In china English is a required course so we study it.This is the most superficial reason.Many students don’t like English,but they should study it and pass many kinds of exams by many ways,what a pity!I think after we like English and put it in our hearts,we can truely study it well.
In brief,education departments should reform the system of studying English.They should find some ways which let us learn English very happily but not be forced,then the level of our English will step foreward.

By: Lisa Class 17

Lisa Class 17 — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 03:45:32 +0000

Action speaks louder than words. Frankly speaking, I think I am lucky.I meet my professor Martin,who is a great gentle man,.In class,I am attracted by his analysis and he makes me confident and brave enough to communicate with foreigners .Thank you very much,I appreciate the teaching method a lot！I believe that Holistic English will be widely spread in China in the near future.

By: Terry class02

Terry class02 — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 13:47:53 +0000

I realize this puzzle when I was a junior, it is surely unreasonable. But I also know that if we want to enter a good university to have a further study, we should follow the rules of Chinese educational system. We can`t resistance anymore because we are not the rule-maker. But I also think that our educational system was made according to the condition of China. And our rule-makers also try their best to make the rules more reasonable. If we want to solve this puzzle, please do it from ourselves.

By: iverson class9

iverson class9 — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 12:38:05 +0000

I remember that when I am in the grade 2 in the high school, there is a foreign teacher who teach us oral English and come from the USA. We have one class every week. But she do not like professor martin and just play game with us. So I learn nothing. I have less happy from the process of learning English. So I hate learning English. I think there must be many students who just think like me! School waste so much money!
I hope that learning English can give us happy! People learn English is not only for test but for our own willings! And just like professor martin give us!