Language Ideology and Order in Rising China by Minglang Zhou

Author:Minglang Zhou
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9789811334832
Publisher: Springer Singapore

4.The 2011 Curriculum: English to be offered from the third grade to the ninth grade for 571–761 hours (and tenth grade to twelfth grade for 384 class hours) (MOE, 2011, 2018a).

Of the four English curricula for elementary and secondary schools, the most influential is the 1978 curriculum in affecting the allocation of institutional resources. It set an official precedent in offering English from the third grade on, though it was barely implemented for the lack of English teachers in the late 1970s and the 1980s. This precedence legitimated the offering of English in elementary schools all the way down to preschools, first in experimental classes and schools, then in elite schools, and finally in more urban schools, since the 1990s, though the 1986 and 2000 curricula did not endorse it. Recognizing the reality of the spread of English downward, the 2011 curricula compromised and returned to the position of the 1978 curricula by offering English from the third grade on. It should be pointed out that the 2011 curriculum has an interesting development in dividing English into nine bands or levels, of which Levels 1–5 belong to compulsory education and Levels 6–9 are high school English, with Level 5 as the goal of compulsory English learning outcome and Level 7 as that of high school English. It is too early to say if this approach will have the same impact on students, parents, and the English industry as the 1986 college English curriculum has.

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