New English Curriculum for Chinese Primary Schools and JuniorSenior Middle Schools

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1、NewEnglishCurriculumforChinesePrimarySchoolsandJunior/SeniorMiddleSchoolsdraftedbytheEducationMinistryofthePRCNoteonthistranslationThisEnglishversionofChina’snewcurriculumforEnglishisintendedforVSOvolunteerswhowouldliketofeelbetterinformedaboutadocumentthatiscentraltoourwork.However,itshouldinnow

2、ayberegardedasanofficialtranslation.Infact,itisneitherawordforwordtranslationnorasummary.Theappendixtotheoriginal,whichincludeslistsofspecificlanguageitemstobemastered,hasbeenomitted,ashavesomeleveldescriptorsandsamplelearningactivities.Despitetryingtomakeitmorereadable,thisversionreflectstherepe

3、titivenatureoftheoriginal,withthesamekeywordscroppingupoverandoveragain.Volunteersshouldalsorefertothemoreofficial(butstillnotcompletelyofficial!)translationofthenewEnglishcurriculumspecificallyforseniormiddleschoolsavailablefromtheProgrammeOffice.Anyfeedbackonthisversionwouldbewelcome.TimMartinS

4、haanxiInstituteofEducation,October2005Part1:IntroductionWiththeadventoftheinformationageandtheglobaleconomy,Englishhasbecomeincreasinglyimportant.Englishisthedominantcarrierofinformationandthemostwidelyspokenlanguageintheworld.ManycountrieshavemadeEnglishacornerstoneofqualityeducationwhendevelopi

5、ngstrategiesforbasiceducation.SinceChina’sreformandopening,thescaleofitsEnglisheducationhascontinuallygrown,attendedbysignificantachievementsinteachingandlearning.However,Englisheducationinitscurrentformisfailingtomeettheneedsofcontemporarysocialandeconomicdevelopment.Thecurrentroundofreformstoth

6、eEnglishcurriculumaimtoendthefollowingpractices:lOver-emphasizingthetransmissionandexplanationofknowledgeaboutgrammarandvocabularylNeglectingtodevelopstudents’abilitytouselanguageforrealIntheirplace,thereformsaimtoestablishacurriculumthat:lDevelopsstudents’comprehensivelanguagecompetencelMotivate

7、sstudents,isrelevanttotheirlifeexperiencesandcognitivelevellPromotestask-basedteachingmethodslInvolvesstudentsinexperiential,practical,participatoryandcooperativelearninglDevelopsstudents’positiveattitudes,thinkingskil