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1、LearningEnglish,LosingFace,andTakingOver:TheMethod(orMadness)ofLiYangandhisCrazyEnglishbyAmberR.WoodwardThereisanewculturalphenomenonsweepingChina,andalthoughlittleWesternattentionhasbeenpaidtothepotentialsocialandpoliticalimplicationsofitsfollowing,itisqui
2、tesignificant.ThenameofthegameisCrazyEnglishanditspurveyorisChinesesuperstarLiYang.DrovesofChinesecitizensandothersfromEastAsiaarebuyingintoLiYang’sprogramtohelpChinaandAsiarisetoapositionofglobalpowerbylearningEnglishinunconventionalways.Li’sgoaltoimprovec
3、ommerceandEnglishlanguageeducationinChinaisinnocentenough,butthemassoffanaticalfollowershehasbuiltunderhisempireisnot.PastprecedentsuggeststhattheChinesegovernmentisnotpreparedtohandlelargegroupswhofollowasinglecharismaticleader.ThequestionofthePRCgovernmen
4、t’slong-termapprovalofLiYangandhisCrazyEnglishremainsunresolved.ThemethodologyoflearningEnglishemployedbyLialsomeritsfurtherexamination;arehisteachingschemesinnovativeordeceiving?TheWesternworldmustcarefullyobserveLiandhisworktoprepareforanyglobaldisruption
5、sthatmaysurfaceinthenearfuture.LiYang’spersonalsuccessstoryisaprimaryelementoftheappealtohismethodology;everydescriptionofCrazyEnglishbeginswithananecdoteofLi’sintrovertedcountenanceasayouth.LiwasborninUrumqi,Xinjiangin1969duringtheendoftheCulturalRevolutio
6、n.Asastudent,hereceivedpoorgrades,almostdroppedoutofschool,andwaslackinganyconfidence.Somehow,Limusteredthewilltoapplyforcollege.HewasacceptedbyLanzhouUniversityandstudiedmechanicalengineeringandEnglish.Li’sacademicachievementswerestilllowerthanaverage,andh
7、efailed13exams,includingmanyinEnglish.Withadesperatedesiretoremainattheuniversity,Lidecidedtomakeamajorchangeinhisstudyhabits.HefocusedonimprovinghisEnglishlanguageskillsanddevisedanewmethodoflearningandpracticingEnglish.Asthestorygoes,onedayLiwentouttoapar
8、kneartheuniversityandbeganreadingEnglishaloud.1Themorehepracticedandthelouderhespoke,themoreconfidenthebecame.Lifoundhimselfpracticingeverywhere,fromrooftops,tothedormitories,todesertedfields.Hewouldof
