The downgrade of English classes in primary and secondary schools is welcomed by teachers, but parents are worried!
Dramatic changes in primary and secondary schools: English classes are being cut, teachers are waiting for good news, and parents are anxious.
When it comes to the difficulty of learning English for primary and middle school students, it seems that many students have difficulty overcoming this difficulty, and English is an insurmountable mountain for them, whether it is the college entrance examination or the middle school entrance examination. It's not that they don't work hard to learn English, but their English scores have been unsatisfactory, and they even bid farewell to the college entrance examination with a sense of disappointment, and some of them are not spared. However, recent developments suggest that primary and secondary education can change dramatically.
At the beginning of the new spring semester, there were suggestions on the Internet that the status of English should be changed from compulsory to elective, or that the score of the English test should be lowered. Recently, a number of experts have expressed their opinions in favor of lowering the status of English in the subject system and focusing students' attention on Chinese and mathematics. The reason is simple: learning English at the primary and secondary levels is often half the effort. On the one hand, English learning focuses too much on theory and ignores practical application, and students spend a lot of time on mechanical training, but do not really master the language skills, but waste the best period of language learning;On the other hand, there are historical reasons why English has become a compulsory subject, but nowadays the requirement for everyone to learn English is no longer so urgent, especially at the primary school level, where English learning has little practical effect. Students in the first stage of secondary school often have to start from scratch.
In response to the issue of English courses, the principal of Yali Middle School in Changsha, Hunan Province, pointed out that the abolition of English courses in primary and secondary schools should be considered. In addition to the above two reasons, Principal Liu also pointed out that over-expanding the scale of foreign language teaching will cause a huge waste of resources, and some parents spend a lot of money and time on their children's English learning, and even carry a heavy burden. At the same time, the Chinese and mathematics in the core curriculum directly cultivate students' language expression and logical thinking skills, and their advantages are obvious.
Therefore, in the current situation, English courses may face significant changes that may be devalued or even withdrawn in the future. However, it is not yet known whether this will be good news or bad news for students. However, many parents are worried about this and don't know what to do. After all, some students may struggle because their overall grade level is largely determined by a foreign language;Others say they have invested a lot of resources in their children's English learning and feel lost when English is marginalized.
Teachers have finally received encouraging news, and have been steadfast in their await for clear good news compared to the uncertainty of the status of the English language. In recent years, the Ministry of Education has repeatedly emphasized that local ** must ensure"Teacher salaries are not lower than the average of local civil servants"。At the beginning of this year, the Ministry of Education re-emphasized this point. Primary and secondary school teachers in many provinces and municipalities have already benefited from tangible benefits, and it has been suggested that teachers should be included in the management of the national education civil service in order to further improve the social status of teachers.
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