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The English Language In China

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However, many people claim that the English language has occupied their life too much.
Many people feel dissatisfied with the English teaching in China. One popular topic for discussion is the "long-time but low-efficiency" of English teaching (颜治强, 2002:224)3. Moreover, the teaching of English is relatively laggard in many places in China, and even many university students cannot speak fluent English. It seems meaningless for university students to take such examinations like CET4, 6 (College English Test) or TEM (Test for English Major) 4, 8. More or less, it is too extreme for people to have such an idea. However, it is urgent for Chinese people to find an effective way of studying English. There is some innovation for the forms of such …show more content…

On one hand, for the reform and openness policy of China, more and more people of other countries begin to learn Chinese. On the other, there are some controversial voices in China. Truly, in most developing countries communications in English are superior to those in the vernacular languages (Baugh, 1993:6)5. Some people claim that English has a great impact of the status of Chinese, and it is not wise for so many Chinese people to learn English. Actually, some people cannot study English well, and have this feeling of rejection. However, the cultural effect of globalization embodies the impact of English (王宁, 2002:161-6)22. It is significant to treat this phenomenon correctly. Though language is not only a tool for communication, it is not harmful for people to learn another language. To some degree, the belief that it is not necessary to learn the English language is a kind of …show more content…

In order to make the world to develop at the same speed, a common language is needed to communicate with each other. It has been a long history before English as the global language. So it can’t be changed easily. What’s more, the strong power of America has caused English spread around the world. Besides, so many countries treat English as a second language. So English as the global language is convenient for many people. English is good to be a global language and people can use the language to be their skill so that they will be more successful in all kinds of fields in the future. But the most important point that we should be aware of is English is a tool that only used to communicate with the people of the world and obtain more information, the purpose is to promote our culture and awareness in the international stage.There has never been a language so widely spread or spoken by so many people as English (Crystal, 1997:139)6. It is most notable in its use throughout the world as a second language. Though it may face some impact by some other languages or rejection, English, as a most widely used language, is now accepted by more and more people. It is not only in China, rather, "English is widely used as a second language throughout the world" (Baugh, 1993:6)5. Now in the world, as a great number of people who regard English as the important second language and the international language, English will retain its

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