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- China's English: A History of English in Chinese Education
- Book
- 2004
- Published by: Hong Kong University Press, HKU
- Series: Asian Englishes Today
summary
This book traces the history of English education in the People's Republic of China from 1949 to the present day. It uses the junior secondary school curriculum as the means to examine how English curriculum developers and textbook writers have confronted the shifting ambiguities and dilemmas over five distinct historical periods.
Table of Contents
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- Series editor's preface
- pp. vii-viii
- Acknowledgements
- p. ix
- Map of China
- p. xii
- 1. Introduction
- pp. 1-20
- 2. Barbarian as a foreign language
- pp. 21-33
- 3. The Soviet influence, 1949-60
- pp. 35-77
- 4. Towards quality in education, 1961-66
- pp. 79-106
- 5. The Cultural Revolution, 1966-76
- pp. 107-128
- 6. Modernization under Deng Xiaoping,1977-93
- pp. 129-168
- 8. China's English
- pp. 195-209
- References
- pp. 219-225
Additional Information
ISBN
9789882200647
Related ISBN(s)
9789622096639
MARC Record
OCLC
650603496
Pages
254
Launched on MUSE
2012-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No
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