2.1.2 Chinese overestimate the value of English for individuals and the country
Making a comprehensive view on the present condition of English education in China, you can easily find that one of the most serious problems of English education is that Chinese people overestimate the value of English for individuals and national development. The detail fact is that some English learners pursue English language with excessive psychological energy. They spend much time and energy on English learning without considering that different areas have different conditions, and different people have different needs of English level. Most Chinese people rush to learn English for raising their personal abilities, and they regard English as a good way to improve their personal development; just few people think that English is a kind of language tool, which is used for communication. It is no doubt that if all Chinese rush to learn English, we will lose our own traditional and valuable language culture. Just try to think that what will happen if you ask a tract man who just is good at sports on track and field or a basketball player to finish the long distance race. It is easy to imagine the negative results of people overestimating the value of English learning.
As English education in China is a kind of foreign language education, it aims at making a new tool to fill the lack of mother tongue by communication, information exchange, knowledge complement and so on. At the same time, English education can broaden the international horizons and humanism quality of Chinese students to improve the soft power of the country. Therefore, people often regard English as a language tool.
However, any kind of tool has a number of functions, and it is difficult for a tool operator to use all of its functions, so does the tool of English. China is a rising power; we need a number of high-level experts on proficiency in Chinese and English language, such as Lin Yutang, Liang Shiqiu, who are respected by American and English people. We also need a large number of advanced expertise in different academic fields that can be carried out at simultaneous interpretation and translation, such as Zhu Shenhao, Ji Chaozhu.We need a high level of English teachers, like Lee Funing, Wang Bilin;we also need lots of colleges, universities and the vocational schools to help students combine their major needs to learn part of the English language skills. Therefore, China's goal of English education should be stratified, and then learners can have their own ways to learning English according to their own conditions and demands. It is no need for them to be in pursuit of the abilities of using general language, cross-cultural communicative competence, as well as thinking and working in English from elementary school to university.
2.2 The disadvantages of present English teaching and out of joint on theory and practical operation
2.2.1 The disadvantages of present English teaching
2.2.1.1 The size of English class is too large
Learning English is a process of forming a language, and it needs time to practice listening and speaking the language. Everyone who learns English should be given ch毕业论文http://www.youerw.comances to practice speaking English. However, in most of Chinese English classroom, the size is more than 30 students per class, and the time for class is limited. It is impossible for each student to practice his oral English in the 45-minute class. Only some expensive English training centers and private schools are using the small size classroom.
Let’s read the simple survey on the size of English teaching classroom in Zhuhai city:
Name of college (Zhuhai campus) Size of English class (number)
Jinan University 45
Zhongshan University 40
Beijing Normal University 40
Beijing Institute of Technology 35
Jilin University 35
According to the research we can see that the size of English class is large in Zhuhai city. Now let’s analyze the disadvantages of large class size to the English teacher and English learners.
A. The disadvantages of large class to the English teacher.
1. Discomfort
The teacher will feel discomfortable if the number of class is too large, as there is no room for he or she goes through, and it is difficult for the teacher to make intercourse with the students.
2. Difficult control
As the number of the class is large, it is not easy to control the whole class with one teacher, especially in oral English class.
3. Individual attention
The teacher cannot realize the needs of students due to the large number of class.
4. Evaluation
That is the problem when the teacher needs to evaluate the ideas or answers of each student with limited time.
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