Part One Introduction The Foreign Language

Education in China and America

Feng Weixia 06/23/ 2014

How many people are learning English in China?

About 300 million people either are learning or have learned English in China . It is a quarter of the whole population.

Among them, about 100 million are students

----according to the report by China Education

How many people are learning the second language in United State?

Only about 10 percent of native- born Americas speak a language other than English, according to an analysis of 2010 census figures.

English Education in China

Currently, English is a compulsory course from Grade 1 in primary school to college . Every high school graduate has had to study English for at least 12 years

The Ministry of Education mandates that English be taught at every college and university as a compulsory subject. This course is officially called College English .

College and university students also are required to study college English as compulsory course for at least 1 year.

Only after they pass all the English exams ( e.g: CET )and get enough credits in English course can students obtain their bachelor’s degree

College English curriculum requirements

CE Curriculum is issued by China’s Ministry of Education. As a top-down document, it acts as a guide for colleges and universities nation-wide to formulate a school-based curriculum in the light of their specific circumstances

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College English curriculum requirements

Foreign language education in the United States

More and more American want to learn the second language.

Take Chinese learning for example: : over 51,582 students in American colleges and universities study Chinese

Foreign language education in the United States

No national- wide curriculum requirement It is primarily the responsibility by the state

government Now, the foreign languages have been recognized as

part of the "core" curriculum in the Goals 2000 Standards for Foreign Language Learning

National Standards for Foreign Language Education ( U.S )

Conclusion