English education in China Some Thoughts.docVIP

 PAGE \* MERGEFORMAT 29 English education in China Some Thoughts Abstract: language education in China after many ups and downs, the English language has resumed its major status. In order to meet the challenges of the new century, should be further from the language planning, on understanding the importance of foreign language education, for some of China’s English education to reflect on the issue, such as: in our country should establish a national, authoritative advisory body to the foreign language teaching; English professional settings should not be reduced to mere language skills at the end of the training; to enhance post-graduate teaching and doctoral education; attention to the current communicative approach presents the transition to the communicative grammar teaching trends. Keywords:: foreign language education; English Major; graduate teaching; Communicative Grammar Teaching Introduction: Language planning from the reform and opening up, China’s foreign language education, especially English education has made great progress. In celebrating these achievements, we should find out the gaps revealed the existence of such kinds of problems, at a higher starting point forward. In this paper, the individual understanding of some issues worth considering. As these issues are largely related to policy, I think it should be a high degree of foreign language education planning solution, that is, foreign language education by the competent official or semi-official departments studied and handled. Foreign language education planning on the success of a country plays a significant role. Far from the Meiji Restoration in Japan can be cited, in order to catch up with Western countries, the then Government of Japan for English, French, German, Russian and other foreign language education very seriously. From a few recent examples of the United States. In 1957, when the Soviet Union’s first satellite, on days after the U.S. gove