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Teaching English as a private enterprise in China

English TodayPublished 1 April 2001
Ching Man Lai
Citations8
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SJR score0.79
SNIP1.18

Abstract

A report on independent ELT undertakings in the world's most populous country. The teaching of English as a foreign language in China has expanded rapidly in the last two decades. In colleges all over China, from key universities to small provincial institutions, non-English majors have to study English for at least two years and they have to pass the College English Test (CET) Band 4 before they can get their graduation certificates. In the year 2000, over 3.5 million candidates sat for the CET in the summer.

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Arts and Humanities