Articles for English Education

75 years of progress in English learning
2 months, 4 weeks ago

75 years of progress in English learning

China Daily  

LIU CHANG/CHINA DAILY The evolution of English education in China over the decades mirrors the country's significant cultural and societal transformations. In middle and high school English exams, students are often tasked with writing a letter to an international pen pal on behalf of Li Hua, a fictional student. "In kindergarten, we had those cute textbooks where the letters were …

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Star Project to improve education in remote regions
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Star Project to improve education in remote regions

China Daily  

The public welfare Star Project is expected to expand its coverage to reach more remote and underdeveloped areas in China by working with partners in different fields to benefit more teachers and students. Initiated by the Organizing Committee of the Global English Education China Assembly, the project aims to provide training for English teachers in county-level areas by enhancing their …

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AI challenge for English education in spotlight
4 months, 3 weeks ago

AI challenge for English education in spotlight

China Daily  

Zhou Li, deputy director of the Ministry of Education's Department of International Cooperation and Exchanges, delivers a speech at the opening ceremony of the 2024 Global English Education China Assembly in Zhuhai, Guangdong province on Friday. Global English education faces both unprecedented opportunities and challenges in the rapidly evolving era of artificial intelligence, experts said during the 2024 Global English …

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AI challenge for English education in spotlight
4 months, 3 weeks ago

AI challenge for English education in spotlight

China Daily  

Aleksandra Popovski Golubovikj, the president of International Association of Teachers of English as a Foreign Language ，delivers a speech at the opening ceremony of the 2024 Global English Education China Assembly in Zhuhai, Guangdong province on Friday. Rose Luckin, an expert on AI in education and emeritus professor at University College London, said through an online video link that artificial …

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AI challenge for English education in spotlight
4 months, 3 weeks ago

AI challenge for English education in spotlight

China Daily  

Wang Hao, deputy editor-in-chief of China Daily, delivers a speech at the opening ceremony of the 2024 Global English Education China Assembly in Zhuhai, Guangdong province on Friday. In a speech at the opening ceremony, Wang Hao, deputy editor-in-chief of China Daily, said: "Through cultural exchanges and mutual learning, the assembly will focus on promoting the high-quality development of global …

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China-UK ELT partnership set
7 months, 4 weeks ago

China-UK ELT partnership set

China Daily  

A group photo marks the occasion after Zhang Haigang and Alex Popovski-Golubovikj signed the MoU. Two prominent organizations in the field of English Language Teaching, China's 21st Century English Education and the UK's International Association of Teachers of English as a Foreign Language, have forged a significant alliance by signing a Memorandum of Understanding. Teachers from diverse backgrounds can leverage …

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Congress highlights English-medium education as ‘revolution’ benefiting the downtrodden
1 year, 1 month ago

Congress highlights English-medium education as ‘revolution’ benefiting the downtrodden

The Hindu  

Hitting out at the BJP for its “double standards”, the ruling Congress in Rajasthan on Wednesday highlighted its guarantee for free English-medium education to every student if the party is voted back to power in the November 25 Assembly election. Senior Congress leader Pawan Khera led the charge against the Opposition BJP, asking why the party leaders were raising an …

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Was Raja Rammohun Roy a ‘British Stooge’? - News18
1 year, 6 months ago

Was Raja Rammohun Roy a ‘British Stooge’? - News18

News 18  

What exactly was Raja Rammohun Roy’s role vis-à-vis the British administration’s introduction of an English education system in early 19th century colonial India, replacing the older system that consisted of a traditional Sanskrit pedagogy? Based on the verbal admissions made by well-known products of the liberal system of English education and the historiographical analysis of early 19th-century Indian society by …

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Weighting of English in entrance exams debated
1 year, 9 months ago

Weighting of English in entrance exams debated

China Daily  

A file photo shows a student preparing for the IELTS exam. The debate about the appropriate weighting of English in important exams in China has resurfaced during this year's two sessions, with some national lawmakers and political advisers suggesting making it a less important subject while others maintain that it is an essential tool to understand and communicate in the …

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Weighting of English in entrance exams debated
1 year, 9 months ago

Weighting of English in entrance exams debated

China Daily  

A file photo shows a student preparing for the IELTS exam. The debate about the appropriate weighting of English in important exams in China has resurfaced during this year's two sessions, with some national lawmakers and political advisers suggesting making it a less important subject while others maintain that it is an essential tool to understand and communicate in the …

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CM Jagan distributes 5.18 lakh tabs to students, teachers of govt schools
2 years ago

CM Jagan distributes 5.18 lakh tabs to students, teachers of govt schools

Deccan Chronicle  

BAPATLA: To further enhance the learning of school children in the state, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy on Wednesday distributed 5.18 lakh Tabs worth Rs 688 crore along with Byju’s premium content costing over Rs 778 crore to the students and teachers in Baptala district. Speaking at the mega gathering of teachers, students, and their mothers, …

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DU at 100: Hindu College spawned as an avenue for ‘English, nationalistic’ education
2 years, 7 months ago

DU at 100: Hindu College spawned as an avenue for ‘English, nationalistic’ education

Hindustan Times  

In 1908, a college moved to Kashmere Gate, in a premises once owned by Colonel James Skinner of the East India Company, from its roots in Kinari Bazar in the Walled City. The Hindu College hostel hosted several revolutionaries, including Chandrashekhar Azad, thanks to then hostel warden and professor NK Nigam. The college hostel hosted several revolutionaries, including Chandrashekhar Azad, …

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Special English course launched for government teachers
2 years, 9 months ago

Special English course launched for government teachers

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: An exclusive English language enrichment course whereupon teachers would be trained to teach in English medium schools, an initiative of the department of school education was launched virtually by education minister Sabitha Indra Reddy here on Monday. This comes in the wake of the call given by Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao to introduce English medium in government schools …

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Youths from AP lining up for study and work abroad, braving Covid
2 years, 11 months ago

Youths from AP lining up for study and work abroad, braving Covid

Deccan Chronicle  

Vijayawada: Braving the prevailing Coronavirus pandemic, many graduates in engineering and other professional courses from AP are aiming to fly to the US, Canada etc to pursue their Master’s or be in the work-and-study mode there to support themselves. Hordes of students are flocking to overseas education consultancies for coaching in the International English Language Testing System, which is considered …

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AP Govt Asks All Colleges to go English-Medium, in Contrast to Centre's Push for Regional Language
3 years, 3 months ago

AP Govt Asks All Colleges to go English-Medium, in Contrast to Centre's Push for Regional Language

News 18  

The Andhra Pradesh government will be introducing the English medium in all the degree colleges from the academic year 2021-22. As many as 2.62 lakh students have taken admission in degree colleges across AP this year out of which only 65,989 students took admission into Telugu medium meaning 75 per cent of the students have already opted for English medium …

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Andhra Pradesh govt in mission mode for total revamp of school education
3 years, 9 months ago

Andhra Pradesh govt in mission mode for total revamp of school education

India Today  

The government of Andhra Pradesh has plans of introducing several new policies to revamp school education in the state. The officials of the education department of Andhra Pradesh said that English Medium instruction in government-managed schools across the State is their priority while efforts are also being made to rein in the dropout rate and give an impetus to learning …

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Persons From Vernacular Medium Find It Tough To Argue In SC, Submits Viswanathan; CJI Disagrees
4 years, 2 months ago

Persons From Vernacular Medium Find It Tough To Argue In SC, Submits Viswanathan; CJI Disagrees

Live Law  

The hearing in the case relating to the Andhra Pradesh government's decision to implement English as the compulsory medium of instruction in government schools witnessed some interesting exchanges between Senior Advocate K V Viswanathan and Chief Justice of India, S A Bobde.Those who have studied in vernacular medium find it difficult to argue in the Supreme Court, submitted. The hearing …

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