ThereisahottopicinChinathesedays:Englishmaybecanceledincollegeentranceexam.
IthasbeendeterminedthatEnglishisnotasimportantasitusedtobeinEntrance.ManyprovincesinChinahasproposedthepolicytolowthepercentageEnglishtakesintheEntrance.Someofthemeventendstocancelit.
Forme,it'sreallyhardtoacceptthepolicy.CosIthinknowadays,Englishisofgreatimportanceeverywhere.It'saninternationallanguage.IjustcannotimagehowcanChinesenextgenerationlivewithoutEnglish.Theycannotcommunicatewithforeigners,theycannotkeepupwiththepaceofglobalization.HowcanChinadevelopwithoutEnglish?
ReformisnecessaryforEntrance,butChinashouldn'tkillEnglishcompletely.Doyouhaveanyideasaboutit?
"…AfellowinChinahassaidtheChinesegovernmenthasjuststoppedrequiringChinesestudentstolearnEnglish…"
Ifeelambivalentandneitherispositive.Ifthey'vetrulyrejectedenglishforeducationalpurposes,thenthereisnothingthatcanbedone.Ifmulti-lingualityisnotaneducationalpriority,sobeit.Ifthe'vechosentodosobecausetheybelievetohavethegloballanguagealready,thenitsevenmoreworrisome.Twoglobalsuperpowerspreachingtheonetruelanguage…..itwillnotendwell.Besidesit'snotlikeAmericahasmadeapointoflearningnewlanguagestobridgeculturaldifferences.
"...Icertainlywishtherewereonlyonespokenlanguage.Ithinkitwouldmakelifeeasierandmoreinteresting,doyouagree?.."
Withoutadoubt!Clearcommunicationisessentialforthesuccessandsurvivalofanytypeofgrouporteam,evenorganisms.
"...Theytriedtomakeauniversallanguage,calledEsperanto,butitdidn'tcatchonwiththepeopleoftheworld,Iwonderwhynot?.."
Ibelievetheremustbepressuretoaffectchange.Ipropose,EnglishhasgrowntobeapowerfullanguagebecauseofAmerica'sascenttothetopoftheglobaleconomy.Becauseofthedominationofthedollar,duringthefirstworldwar,Englishbecameacommodityandhasremainedsoeversince.Ifwewereinasituationwherewecouldnotafford,toNOTunderstandoneanother,thenwewillcreatethisgloballanguage.
"...HowcouldyouandIhavethisconversationwithoutlanguage,weneedlanguagetohaveit,don'twe?…"
Wesuredo!butIask,Doweneedsomany?AndItmightseemethnocentrictochooseonelanguageoveranother,butthisiswherewemustconsiderthevalueofindividualculturesoroneglobalculture,notforus,butforgenerationstocome.
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