BLOG ONE: Is China’s English Education Reasonable?

 I have been in Singapore for more than one month.  Through one month’s life here, I suddenly realized that maybe China’s English Education System is not reasonable.

When in China, we study English in a system we Chinese developed ourselves.  I think I learn it quite well that way. But when I came here, completely in an all-English environment, I started to feel how poor I am in English. Pronunciation is not accurate, Vocabulary is poor and not confident when I communicate with others, though I have learned English for over ten years.  So I concluded that there must be something unreasonable in China’s English education.

First, let me talk about the quiz we usually took at the beginning of Chinese English class.  Teachers always say the words in Chinese and we write their English form on papers.  As we all know, this is the common method in China’s English education.  The advantage is that when do essay exams, we will quickly remember the corresponding of the Chinese words we need.  But I think disadvantages overweigh advantages.  For example, it makes us always ponder English in Chinese ways, which stop us from improving.  Besides, we won’t practice English listening skills when do such quiz. What’s worth, some provinces even don’t have listening parts in their college entrance exams.  So, could you imagine how weak we are in listening.

Second, since there are so many students in one class, so we have few opportunities to speak in class, let alone after class.  So we spoken English are poor and will feel nervous when speak English to someone.

Third, almost everything in Singapore is in English, even if in China’s exams, we also need to read English articles and do questions.  So I think we should try the way that see English first and ponder in English ways.

It’s unreasonable in China’s English education.  Do you agree with me?