Sanxiang Shi Ji 丨 What do we think of English today

Zhu Yonghua, full media commentator of Hunan Daily

A few days ago, the Changsha Education Bureau issued the "Graduation Inspection Test of Changsha Primary School in 2022 and the Implementation Plan for the New Sub -Class Examination". This plan has been adjusted to the unified examination subjects of "Xiao Shengchu" in Changsha City: retaining the two subjects of Chinese and mathematics, and canceling the exam of English subjects.

The shock waves caused by this action are not small. The cancellation of the English exam has given some students, especially the parents, to have new worries, "No English, although it reduces the burden on the children. However, the primary school does not take English, and the college entrance examination is still required.

Carefully analyzing such policy adjustments in Changsha City, its starting point is undoubtedly good -in response to the national political policy and effectively reduce the burden on primary school students. However, some students and parents are worried about unreasonable. In the end, the English test is not exams. In the final analysis, what we think of English now.

Since the resumption of the college entrance examination, English has gone through two extreme crossing: "Do not learn ABC, still flying an airplane", "Learn mathematics and chemistry, and you are not afraid of traveling all over the world." In the early days, this ridicule was full of exclusion of English. Later, English has become a high weight of the college entrance examination, and has become a stepping stepping brick with various "qualifications" and "qualifications". Even social training with English learning is developed into a huge industry. And miserable.

Objectively speaking, English, as an international language, has a strong position so far. External exchanges and cooperation cannot be separated from the communication of this language. With the continuous expansion of China's openness, the importance of English will not decrease, and it will only increase. But at the same time, with the advancement of technology and society, the use of English's realistic ecology has also changed: the use of English people to differentiates, the level of English is an important quality requirement for people with international exchange needs. Most people's needs for English are not so "rigid", and the translation software developed by related companies can provide very convenient language services. Under the circumstances of English professionalism and instrumentality, it is necessary to adjust the English subjects in the unified examination.

In fact, the cancellation of the English test has put forward higher requirements for English teaching and curriculum evaluation methods of primary school. It is understood that with the promulgation of the new curriculum, some schools in Changsha corrected more diversified teaching methods, making primary school English classroom more lively, follow the laws of students 'development as much as possible, and more focused on cultivating students' core literacy. In the future, primary school English teaching and curriculum evaluation will change more scientific and reasonable to better dock the college entrance examination. This should be sure.

[Responsible editor: Lu Wei]

[Source: Hunan Daily · New Hunan Client]

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