Problems of English Language Teaching in China

Problems of English Language Teaching in China

English

has

become

popular

and

widely

used

with

the

development and the rapid integration of International markets.

Social

life

of

economic

globalization

and

informatization

has

made

English

become

more

and

more

important.

As

the

most

important

information

carrier,

English

has

become

the

most

widely

used

language

in

many

fields

of

our

life.

English

education

is

accompanying

with

our

country’

reform

and

optimization

of

educational

system

as

one

of

the

three

most

important

subjects.

English

is

a

must

course

in

compulsory

education stage as well as in higher education stage. The quality

of English education reflects the quality of our education.

Since China adopted the policy of reform and open,International

communication

has

been

increasing

h,as

the

most common language throughout the world,the importance of

English has been recognized English class is one

of the most important class in schools and students ranging from

the

pupil

是

to

the

graduates

are

learning

English.A

mass

of

English

tests

are

existing

to

measure

the

level

of

English

of

students.

However,the

problems

of

English

language

teaching

in

China

stand out with the enthusiasm of the English are

two problems I want to discuss in this is the purpose

of English teaching,the other is the method of English teaching.

When I was in senior high school,my English teacher said that

many students in

China did not like English at all,but she still

asked

us

to

spare

no

efford

to

learn

English

well

so

that

we

could pass the college entrance exam is the truth that

English

is

an

important

subject

in

senior

high

school

entrance

exam,college entrance exam and even the post graduate entrance

exam,but

this

sentence

also

reflects

a

fact

that

many

teachers,especially the teachers in junior high schools and senior

high schools,under the pressure of enrollment rate , just regard

English as a subject and try their best to help student gain high

scords

in

exams,not

to

cultivate

the

interest

of

English

for

the

student and neglect English as language itself,let alone introduce

the western culture in the example,some teachers may

tell studen

ts that they must choose “13” if the question touch on

which

the

unlucky

number

is

in

western

the

teachers never explain why 13 is not lucy in the view of western

in

the

colleges,a

lot

of

English

teachers

emphsize

the passing rate of CET4 or CET6 because the grade of CET 4

or CET 6 is a stepping- stone to success when college students

look for fact, these requirements do not accord with the

initial

purpose

of

teaching

initial

purpose

is

that

English

should

be

taught

as

a

mean

to

communicate

with

the

world

and

to

know

multiculture

of

different

countries

over

the

learning English,students should open the eyes to see

the diversity of the is the wrong purpose that teachers

teach students English to help them pass all kinds of Enlish tests

in China.

Because the purpose of teaching English is wrong, the method

to

teach

English

is

not

advisable

ing,speaking,reading and writing are the most

basic skills in English,but teachers attach the great importance to

the reading and the listening but give students few opportunities

to

practice

speaking

and

the

class,some

teachers

adopt

“Duck

-

stuffing

type

of

teaching”

yet

students

have

no

chance

to

practice

the

sentences

which

they

have

learnt

or

to