Education
in focus to train and attract talents
(2005-10-13, China Daily Hong Kong Edition)
Tsang emphasized that "bilingual and trilingual proficiency"
must be enhanced so as to provide quality labour for the mainland and
the world. Chinese and English levels of students from Primary One to
Secondary Five will be routinely evaluated and resources will be geared
towards reinforcing language education.
Pressured
teachers need more support
(2005-09-10, China Daily)
Four out of every 10 teachers in the country are troubled by psychological
problems, according to a survey released on Wednesday ahead of today's
21st annual Teachers' Day.
Online
students miss discipline of the classroom
(2005-08-20, Shanghai Youth Daily)
Shanghai residents are learning English on the Internet. They practise
their oral English by talking online with native speaker teachers via
MSN, saving both time and money on off-line training of the same quality.But
they say they have problems sticking to online courses because it's too
easy to avoid doing the homework as there is no teacher ready to rap them
over the knuckles.
ACT
tests increase overseas options
(2005-08-09, China Daily)
Shanghai students will no longer need to go overseas to take the American
College Test (ACT) to qualify for universities in the United States.
Language
skills are Achilles' heel of students
(2005-07-23, China Daily Hong Kong Edition)
Deficiency in language skills is the most common weakness of university
graduates, according to a survey released yesterday. The survey, conducted
by the Public Opinion Programme of the University of Hong Kong, was commissioned
by an educational website. Among the 1,500 interviewees, 13.4 per cent
criticized university graduates' proficiency in English and in Chinese,
especially Putonghua.
English
training centres grow in competition
(2005-07-20, China Daily)
A note posted on an Internet bulletin board last month has been the focal
point of debate among English teachers in Shanghai. The note, which was
written by the Shanghai Canilx Education Consulting Co, said the company
is going through "a difficult time" and "management is
working actively for the solutions." Last month, two of the institute's
branches in Pudong and downtown Shanghai closed suddenly. Students and
teachers were sent to the main centre about 15 minutes' walk away.
English
learners need to speak out
(2005-06-16, China Daily)
As soon as the National College Entrance Examination ended on June 9,
a local newspaper in Hubei Province's Wuhan city invited five foreigners,
including three native English speakers, to take the English section of
the exam. None of them completed the test and their average mark was a
disappointing 79 out of a possible 100.
No
escaping police language lessons
(2005-06-01, China Daily)
Police
in the capital city held an English-speaking contest yesterday to encourage
their colleagues to learn the language in preparation for the 2008 Olympics.
Special
care slated for 'big exam' sitters
(2005-06-07, China Daily)
The high school seniors taking the National College Entrance Examination
from today are receiving every comfort and consideration they can get
from communities nationwide whether they are rides to the testing sites
or noise restrictions.
Exam
life for a student and family
(2005-06-09, China Daily)
It's summer, school's out and the parents are on leave.
Time for a beach holiday, perhaps? The
Wangs did check into a hotel - not a seaside chalet, though - in downtown
Beijing, and it's certainly no vacation.
All
quiet on the 'big examination' front
(2005-06-01, China Daily)
Shang Yong, vice-minister of science and technology, is like millions
of parents around the country with a single mission on his mind - to give
his son peace and quiet.
Scandal
exposes major loophole in exam system
(2005-06-11, China Daily)
IA
female student from Beijing Jiaotong University revealed several days
ago to the Beijing News, that before the graduate entrance examination
in 2005, she had acquired two sets of examination papers and their answers
from a professor who is in charge and with whom she is acquainted.
English
teaching in Chinese universities under reform
(2005-05-29, Xinhua)
The English teaching methodology in Chinese universities is now under
effective reform, as the students taking new courses are having better
examination results of English learning than otherwise, said Zhang Yaoxue,
a senior official with the Ministry of Education (MOE).
HK
English Festival attracts 1.6 million viewers
(2005-05-22, Shanghai Daily)
The first English Festival organized by the Standing Committee on Language
Education and Research has recorded an encouraging 20,000 participants
in its various activities, and over 1.6 million viewers of its TV program
on English usage.
Chinese
teacher wraps up his American education experience
(2005-05-20, Pilot News)
Tanghu Middle School in Chengdu, China, and South Mifford Elementary in
Angola, Ind., both share something in common. His name is Xiao Zhang.
Hailing from the southwest part of China, the Interculture Exchange Program
led this man to come to Plymouth in August of 2004. Along with extending
his teaching career in America, he has experienced many other fascinating
things.
US$3m
fund to aid poor college students
(2005-05-11, China Daily)
Some US$3 million will be injected to poor college students in the Ningxia
Hui Autonomous Region, and Shaanxi, Qinghai, Sichuan and Hunan provinces.
Declining
English competency a wake up call to Hong Kong
(2005-05-06, China Daily Hong Kong edition)
Hong Kong is under threat of losing its regional competitive edge because
of the deteriorating standard and knowledge of English of its workforce,
says a Wall Street Institute (WSI) survey.
English
Teachers Wanted
(2005-04-22, Beijing Today)
Schools across the country continue to experience the headaches associated
with a lack of English teachers, as potential candidates are lured into
higher education or the private sector by the promise of higher salaries.
This has led to a higher demand for English teachers, especially from
abroad.
Police
bust substitute examinee fraud group
( 2005-04-21 13:36:19, China News Service)
Chinese police dismantled the "Global Substitute Examinee Group,"
a fraud syndicate that had posted 1.4 million pieces of false information
online and swindled nearly 1,000 examinees in 19 provinces. Today, the
Haidian District People's Court of Beijing sentenced Wang, a key member
of the group, to 42 months imprisonment for fraud.
88%
of students feel intense pressure to learn English: study
(2005-04-18, The China Post)
According to a recent poll, a vast majority of students feel immense pressure
to learn English.
The survey, organized by the People First Party caucus in the Taipei City
Council, polled 1,180 fifth and sixth graders about their reasons for
learning English. Eighty-eighty percent responded that they felt intense
pressure to learn the language while 84 percent studied English at cram
schools outside of their regular schoolwork.
Language
in a crisis
(2005-04-15 07:09, China Daily Hong
Kong edition)
Wasn't Hong Kong a British colony? Aren't children taught English from
the kindergarten level? Isn't all official work in Hong Kong done in English
(and in Chinese)? If the answer to all these questions is in the affirmative,
why are expatriates disappointed with the standard of spotken (and at
times, written) English in the SAR? Why is it that some mainland cities,
with no real history of English language teaching to boast of, producing
better English speakers?
Workplace
English scheme welcomed
(2005-04-02
06:23, China Daily Hong Kong edition)
The government's funding scheme to promote workplace English training
has been well received, the Office of the Workplace English Campaign (OWEC)
has said.
If
you are trilingual and can sweep up, Mickey wants you
(2005-04-01,
South China Morning Post)
Hong Kong Disneyland will today launch a recruitment drive for 3,000 frontline
staff, paying above-the-mark wages for cleaners and waiters who speak
three languages.
Tsinghua
professor quits to urge flexible recruitment
(2005-03-29
10:43, Beijing News excerpted in China Daily)
Chen Danqing, a world-renowned painter and a professor at the Academy
of Arts and Design at Tsinghua University, has reportedly submitted his
resignation to the university to show his disagreement with the current
system for selecting students. For four consecutive years, Chen has failed
to recruit even a single graduate student. Some, with excellent performance
in their major, could not take up places because of their failure in an
English language exam.
Beijing
lures educator of vision
(2005-03-29
07:50, China Daily)
What would an educator do if he or she was offered the job of heading
a brand-new school in Beijing? "From a professional point of view,
any educator would give his or her right arm" for the opportunity,
says Christopher Edmunds, who recently arrived in the Chinese capital
for just such "an exciting challenge."
TOEFL
ups the ante with online tests
(2005-03-25,
China Daily)
Students preparing to take the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL)
will be able to take the exam online from next year, it was announced
yesterday.
Education,
welfare spending edges up
(2005-03-17 07:23, China Daily Hong Kong edition)
Spending on education and social welfare receives a moderate boost compared
to a general cutback in most policy areas proposed for the fiscal year
2005-06.
Scholar:
Chinese education not 'anti-Japanese'
(2005-03-16 17:27, Xinhua)
A Chinese scholar denied the Japanese charge that the country instills
anti-Japanese ideas in its students on Tuesday, calling the accusation
"totally groundless."
China's
university students focus on human rights
(2005-03-16 09:48, Xinhua)
Family planning policy, death penalty, freedom of speech and other issues
were fiercely debated at a human rights course that began last Wednesday
at Guangzhou University.
Beijing
won't cut corners to improve English
(2005-03-17 11:48, Beijing Evening News)
Beijing has a corner on the English market. And it has decided that the
way to improve its citizens' English ability is to put a new emphasis
on the Queen's language by establishing "English corners" in
all districts and counties across the city.
Expert:
Do not ignore mother tongue
(2005-03-13 07:38, China Daily)
A deputy to the National People's Congress, China's top legislature, said
on Friday young scholars must not ignore the importance of their mother
tongue while carrying out research in their respective fields.
English-teaching
posts are military alternatives
(2005-03-11,
Taipei Times)
The National Conscription Administration, under the Ministry of the Interior
(MOI), is recruiting young men with foreign university degrees to teach
English in remote-area schools as part an alternative to military service.
Beijing
police hone their language skills
(2005-03-10 08:45,
China Daily)
Education should have been the last thing on the mind of Xu Jie, now a
39-year-old Beijing police officer - but he ended up with a schoolbag
and became a full-time student at a foreign university.
US
to open first Confucius Institute
(2005-03-08 13:36:56, China News Service)
The first Confucius Institute in the United States, to be located at the
University of Maryland, will inaugurate in the near future.
Tongue-tied
in business
(2005-02-26/27, Weekend Standard)
For a century, Filipinos have been migrating overseas in pursuit of economic
opportunity. Today there are close to eight million outside the Philippines
- a virtual nation, scattered across the face of the Earth in one of the
great diasporas, moving not as a wave of refugees fleeing persecution so
much as a constant stream of wanderers seeking chances largely denied them
at home. Language
suggestion angers students
(2005-02-25, The Standard)
Students called for Chinese University vice-chancellor Lawrence Lau to
resign after he suggested that English be used as the medium of instruction
for more courses.
US
cuts red-tape tangle for student visa applications
(2005-02-19,
Associated Press)
The United States government is changing visa procedures to make it easier
for some foreign students wishing to study science or other technical
subjects in the country.
Chinese
teachers spread the world
(2005-02-01, China Daily)
Teresa
Lee has tried hard to get her 7-year-old daughter to speak Chinese, to
think in Chinese and to act Chinese. Yet, she is constantly disappointed.
SAR
losing English edge: Anson
(2005-01-26, The Standard)
Hong Kong is losing out to the mainland because of a decline in English
standards in recent years, former chief secretary for administration Anson
Chan said.
Chinese
whispers
(2005-01-11, The Guardian)
Colleges have noted a sharp drop in foreign student numbers. Is the weak
dollar to blame?
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