English learning, as one of the essential parts of most Chinese people’s daily life, is often associated with people’s academic progress and career development. Many parents consider that children will miss many good job opportunities without a good grade of English. Thus, lots of parents are willing to spend a large amount of money and energy on their children’s English learning. Even some parents are anxious at the mention of English, they make their children learn English at a very early age.
IS THERE A HEGEMONY OF ENGLISH IN CHINA? Zhou Yijie ID: 1405022 With the development of the society and technique，the finance and culture has been globalized. English has generally been considered as a global language by the first and second dispersal (Wikipedia.2014). Consistent with the Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary (Oxford, 2010,p724), it means something is under control of another country or organization. Therefore language hegemony could refer to the phenomenon in which a foreign
the times of internationalism have already come. When students enter the university , most of them are worry about what language do they learn. This essay indicates some information. According to some study (list25. “The 25 Most Influential Languages in the World.” list 25) French is the language which every people should learn after mastering English. It is because French has strong historical power, it is an official language of the United Nations, and it is widespread, hence there are many areas
In recent years, English proficiency has become a crucial factor in achieving professional success around the world, thus increasing numbers of people are learning it for different purposes which might guide them to profession-related success. Apparently, for a company, professional success means acquiring more profits and extending its market. As for a businessman, it means expanding his business more widely and earning more money. In addition, to a student it means obtaining a better education
After China resumed the sovereignty of Hong Kong in 1997, Hong Kong government has implemented the "biliteracy and trilingualism" language education policy in order to increase Hong Kong students’ language proficiency. Some people suggest using Putonghua as medium of instruction for secondary schools but some oppose the view. This essay examines the pros and cons of using Putonghua instruction in secondary education. One of the advantages is that the competitiveness of students will be increased
that English played in Hong Kong society have received much attention over the last thirty years by people in different fields including academic commentators and political engagers. 1997 was considered to a commemorable year for Hong Kong for the reason that it signaled a new stage of its development and evolution as a unique city state in China. However, the status of English seems cannot be substituted by Chinese language easily. As Lin (1996) suggests, the predominant status of English in colonial
this year’s(2015) box office receipts so far was from foreign movies, including around $380 million from "Furious 7" and around $240 million apiece from "Avengers: Age of Ultron" and "Jurassic World" (Hewitt). In the case of American fast food in China, no company illustrates Asia’s potential better than Yum! Brands, the proprietor of KFC and Pizza Hut. KFC opened its first restaurant on China’s mainland in 1987, and now operates 2,497 in the country (compared with 5,253 in the United States), and
The objective of this essay is to respond or react to the story, “Mother Tongue” by Amy Tan. From a bibliography perspective, Amy Tan is the daughter of immigrants fleeing China’ Cultural Revolution in the late 1940s (Hall & Emblem, 1996). The author of the story was born in Oakland, California in 1952. Amy Tan has a Chinese name, An-Mei, which is an illustration of the essence of being ‘blessing from America.’ In the development of her essay, Tan focuses on optimizing the platform to narrate her
globalization develops, international communications and cultural exchanges between countries have become much deeper, which has enhanced the understanding of each other. In the past decades, a large number of foreign songs have been imported into China. Meanwhile, numeral Chinese songs have been played among the rest of the world. At present, song is one of the most significant forms of entertainment and relaxation. Except for its entertaining role, A piece of song can serve to promote language learning
The influence of American culture on China in the contemporary era Culture is defined as a configuration of learned behaviors and results of behavior whose component elements are shared and transmitted by the members of a particular society(Linton 32). American culture, one segment of American civilization, is a typical culture model extensively internationally transmitted in the contemporary era. Thanks to aborigines in American Continent and large numbers of immigrants from worldwide, American