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Part One Introduction

The Foreign Language


Education in China and
America


Feng Weixia
06/23/ 2014
How many people are learning English in
China?

About 300 million people either are learning or
have learned English in China . It is a quarter of
the whole population.
Among them, about 100 million are students
----according to the report by China Education
How many people are learning the
second language in United State?
Only about 10 percent of native- born
Americas speak a language other than
English, according to an analysis of 2010
census figures.




English Education in China
Currently, English is a
compulsory course from
Grade 1 in primary school
to college . Every high
school graduate has had
to study English for at
least 12 years
The Ministry of Education
mandates that English be
taught at every college and
university as a compulsory
subject. This course is
officially called College
English .
College and university
students also are
required to study
college English as
compulsory course for
at least 1 year.
Only after they pass all
the English exams ( e.g:
CET )and get enough
credits in English
course can students
obtain their bachelors
degree


College English curriculum
requirements

CE Curriculum is issued by Chinas
Ministry of Education. As a top-down
document, it acts as a guide for colleges and
universities nation-wide to formulate a
school-based curriculum in the light of their
specific circumstances
English
Chinese
College English curriculum
requirements

Teaching
Requirements

Listening
Speaking
Reading Writing
Translation
Recommended
Vocabulary
Foreign language education
in the United States
More and more American want to learn the second
language.
Take Chinese learning for example: : over 51,582
students in American colleges and universities study
Chinese

Foreign language education
in the United States
No national- wide curriculum requirement
It is primarily the responsibility by the state
government
Now, the foreign languages have been recognized as
part of the "core" curriculum in the Goals 2000
Standards for Foreign Language Learning



NATIONAL STANDARDS FOR FOREIGN
LANGUAGE EDUCATION ( U.S )


Conclusion
Motivation
Assessment
Teaching
methodology
China
focus on the
languages skill
for testing
U.S
focus on the
languages utilities
of communication.

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