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English hours less than other major subjects
Published on: 2022-09-26
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As debate rages once again over whether primary and secondary schools in China should further reduce the weight of English language teaching, China's Ministry of Education (MOE) said foreign languages learning plays an important role in cultivating students' international vision and cross-cultural communication skills, while stressing the importance of strengthening education that passes on traditional Chinese culture and reinforces culture confidence.

A response from the MOE to the suggestion raised by a deputy to National People's Congress has attracted wide attention over the weekend. The suggestion said schools could use the time taken away from foreign language education to increase the teaching of traditional Chinese culture in order to "exposing children to more Chinese culture at a critical time in the formation of their worldview, and increasing their cultural pride and confidence from an early age."

The "foreign languages" is generally referred to English in basic education.

"Foreign languages are an important part of students' overall moral, intellectual, physical and aesthetic development, and help cultivate and develop students' core literacy factors such as language skills, cultural awareness, thinking quality and learning ability, as well as their Chinese sentiment, international perspective and cross-cultural communication skills," the MOE said in a reply.

The MOE wrote that the curriculum arrangement for foreign languages is determined in accordance with the central government's top-level design for the gaokao (national college entrance examinations). According to the requirements published by the State Council, China's cabinet, in 2014, there will be no change in the subject settings and scores for Chinese, mathematics and English in the gaokao. According to the standards currently in place, these three subjects will carry the same portion of the total score in the gaokao.

The MOE pointed out that the proportion of foreign language hours in the total number of hours in basic education is 6-8 percent. This is less than 20-22 percent for Chinese, 13-15 percent for math, or 10-11 percent for physical education.

The teaching of traditional Chinese culture is not contradictory to the current foreign language teaching schedule, the MOE stressed, noting that education about traditional Chinese culture and cultural confidence has always been a high priority for the ministry.

应该“降低英语教学比重”?教育部回应

9月23日,教育部网站公布了对全国人大代表提出的对“关于增强文化自信增加中国文化内容教学改革和降低英语教学比重的建议”的答复:根据规定,外语课时占比为6-8%,明显低于语文、数学、体育、艺术等学科,外语是学生德智体美劳全面发展的重要组成部分,有助于培养和发展学生语言能力、文化意识、思维品质、学习能力等核心素养,培养学生中国情怀、国际视野和跨文化沟通能力。

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