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Nowadays, schools in China are placing too much emphasis on English, which has caused "destructive" damage to China’s overall ed

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问题     Nowadays, schools in China are placing too much emphasis on English, which has caused "destructive" damage to China’s overall education according to some education experts. Is English crippling Chinese education? Experts and English teachers have totally different views. The following are opinions from both sides. Read the excerpts carefully and write your response in about 300 words, in which you should:
    1. summarize briefly the opinions from both sides:
    2. give your comment.
    Marks will be awarded for content relevance, content sufficiency, organization, and language quality. Failure to follow the above instructions may result in a loss of marks.
Experts
    Mr. Hu: I have long been an opponent to the importance Chinese education give to English language in classrooms. The importance of English is overestimated. It is unnecessary to impose English-language study on students who will pursue professions that do not require a foreign language. All Chinese children have to lumber with this difficulty—to comprehend an alien language. Yet maybe just 0. 001% of them will ever need to use this over-hyped "useful" language in their lives. Does it make any sense to cause this unnecessary emotional and intellectual hardship on our children, aside from the massive money wasted, which could be better if spent on Chinese language teaching?
    Ms. Yang: English is just a sort of language, which is not supposed to be added to our curriculums. In China, we are forced to study it as a pretty important subject in primary and high school, as well as in college. That’s somewhat wrong. It turns out to be compulsory and coercive. To most Chinese students, it has come to be a suffering.
English teachers
    Ms. Li: If there is a crisis in Chinese education, it is the education system that focuses on exams and rote learning that should be blamed instead of the subject of English. Moreover, I want you to understand that a child’s learning capability vastly depends on the environment it is fostered in. Opening up your mind to other cultures enriches you, broadens your horizon, and improves your creative thinking. Therefore, learning a foreign language is certainly not a waste of time. Personally, I will take good care that my child masters at least 5 languages before the age of 20, and I’d advise everyone to do the same.
    Mr. Wang: Actually, language is not the problem—the education system is. Chinese students are not more stupid than European ones—if you give them a good environment, they will easily excel at studying and develop themselves much better. The meaning of college is not only to let its students be skillful or specialized in some areas but also to expose them to the great minds and ideas all around the world. Knowing a second language can undoubtedly help students have a global thinking as well as draw inspiration from the world, which can help them go further.
    Mr. Zhao: Although the advantages of learning a foreign language now outweigh the overall disadvantages, it is hard and it takes a lot of general awareness and good policies to ensure this in the long run, especially English—since it has been almost a language monopoly in the world. It seems that there is a great demand for more people with the ability to work and speak in English in China.
    Write your response on ANSWER SHEET FOUR.
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答案 English Is Crippling Chinese Education Studying English has caused "destructive" damage to China’s overall education, which is facing an "unprecedented crisis" , said Zhang Shuhua, director of the Information and Intelligence Research Institute at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and CPPCC member, during the CPPCC annual session. "Schools are placing too much emphasis on English," argued Zhang. "By focusing their studies on English, students suffer and neglect other subjects, which is a crippling blow to the Chinese education system. " Is English crippling Chinese education? Experts and English teachers have totally different views. Experts hold the view that the importance of English is overestimated. It is unnecessary to impose English-language studies on students who may pursue professions that do not require a foreign language. In Chini, children are forced to study English as a pretty important subject in primary and high school, as well as in college. That’s somewhat wrong. English teachers, however, argue that knowing a second language can undoubtedly help students have a global thinking as well as draw inspiration from the world, which can help them go further. As far as I am concerned, English is crippling Chinese education to some extent. "The sooner the better" , goes an old adage. Parents across China have taken it literally to herd their children to learn English in the hope that a refined knowledge of English and its skilled use would guarantee them a bright future. Chinese people’s obsession with education has compelled them to get their children to study English as early as possible despite the lack of evidence proving this to be an effective method. Since Chinese people believe there has been a shift in the criteria for admission to high schools and colleges across the world—from just test scores to all-around ability, they are even sending toddlers to learn English in the hope that they would be different from their peers. Many experts fear that the Chinese education system is burning itself out. But for now, English teaching is reaping the harvest of Chinese parents’ ignorance and desperation, which, in turn, is crippling Chinese education.
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