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Teaching English as a foreign language to primary school students in East Asia
English Today ( IF 1.156 ) Pub Date : 2018-10-02 , DOI: 10.1017/s0266078418000378
Zhenhui Rao , Ping Yu

With the spread of economic globalization and the accelerating demand for English, governments in East Asian countries have been updating their English-in-education policies so as to enhance the quality of English education in the region (Hu & McKay, 2012). Of all these policies, the introduction of English as a compulsory subject at younger and younger ages is ‘possibly the world's biggest policy development in education’ (Johnstone, 2009: 33). It is widely believed that those who start learning English at an earlier age can utilize their ‘critical period’ to learn English more efficiently (Nunan, 2003; Y. Hu, 2007). However, the expansion of teaching English to young learners has not been unanimously supported and there is no conclusive evidence for the benefits of early exposure to a new language (Copland, Garton & Burns, 2014). Some researchers point out ‘the advantages of postponing formal teaching in specific contexts’ (Hyltenstam & Abrahamsson, 2001: 163).

中文翻译:

教东亚小学生英语作为外语

随着经济全球化的蔓延和对英语的需求加速,东亚国家政府不断更新其英语教育政策,以提高该地区的英语教育质量(Hu & McKay,2012)。在所有这些政策中,将英语作为越来越年轻的必修科目“可能是世界上最大的教育政策发展”(Johnstone,2009:33)。人们普遍认为,那些从小开始学习英语的人可以利用他们的“关键期”来更有效地学习英语(Nunan,2003;Y. Hu,2007)。然而,向年轻学习者扩展英语教学并未得到一致支持,也没有确凿的证据表明早期接触一门新语言的好处(Copland, Garton & Burns, 2014)。
更新日期:2018-10-02
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