The project of developing a national framework of reference for English, provisionally called China's Standards of English (CSE), was again a top-down decision made by the Ministry of Education MOEE) in the hope of improving the consistency of China's English language educational policies and practices (Lin 2015, 2016; Liu 2015).
Working with members of the target community to identify culturally specific educational needs, language preferences and to test the suitability of the materials allowed us in a five step process, to effectively adapt and translate existing evidence-based English language educational materials.
Table 1 National curricula for English language education in China Educational stage Curriculum Elementary & junior secondary English Curriculum of Basic Education, MOE, P. R.
As mentioned in Inconsistencies in curricular requirements, policies of English language education at different educational stages are made by various governmental departments (see Fig. 1).
Such a "segmental" structure, however, has brought about an inconsistent and incoherent English language education system in terms of educational requirements.
On the other hand, the problem Chinese have to consider about is the colonial and new colonial cultural background of English language and English language education, which is particularly embodied in the western values in English language and its educational process, and which would produce some negative side effects in the field of ideology, and probably in the field of economy.
Nonetheless, the deal would make Vivendi a major English-language educational publisher.
For now the app looks limited to English, but it will be cool to see if and when it expands to other languages — so often a shortfall in most traditional English-language educational systems.
English-language educational programme You Say the Word began in 1971, catering to non-English-speaking immigrants.
Launching its legal challenge to the ban, LMU said: "The university has been conducting checks on its international students, specifically in relation to English language and educational ability, that not only meet UKBA's published requirements, but exceed those requirements in a number of areas".
With the issue of ELT in school education, the history of Chinese policy is "emphasis de-emphasis— remphasis de-emphasis, firstly increasing the weight of English language in educational system since 1970s, and then trying to decrease ithat the new century, whise regaining its signifirstly increasingon as before so far.
