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Tweet A group of Chinese monks, most of whom hold bachelor’s and even master’s degrees, completed an eight-month English training course at a Shanghai language university Saturday and were awarded certificates. According to XinhuaNet, the 22 monks, all from monasteries in the Chinese mainland, studied English language skills and attended Buddhism classes given in [...] Tweet A stealthy 8D World last year looked like Age of Empires for the Asian market. It turns out, hopwever, they’re teaching English as a foreign language, with a beta product launched this month. The 8D World product is a fantastical online virtual world called Wiz World, designed to let players interact in spoken English [...] Tweet China: According to the Wall Street Journal, Mickey Mouse has a new job in China: teaching kids how to speak English at new schools owned by Walt Disney popping up in the bustling city. The company says the initiative is primarily about teaching language skills to children, not extending its brand in the world’s [...] Tweet China: The latest stats from XJ education departments indicate that, up to now, over 600,000 students of ethnic minorities have received bilingual teaching in XJ, according to aboutxinjiang.com. The bilingual teaching has got access to primary school and pre-school from middle school, and the education quality improves gradually. Read the full story… Sphere: Related Content Tweet China: The Malaysian Insider reports that the long-running and often bitter row over Hong Kong’s mother-tongue policy has taken a new turn, with the government set to ease restrictions on the use of English in the classroom. Currently, only 114 of more than 400 secondary schools in Hong Kong are allowed to conduct classes [...] Tweet China: Secondary schools will be allowed to choose the medium of instruction for various subjects from September next year, according to a HK$1 billion plan unveiled by the government yesterday. However, schools choosing to use English must ensure that 85 percent of students in a class are among the top 40 percent of students [...] Tweet China: Up to 80 Hong Kong schools could be given the choice of switching back to teaching in English, eleven years after a “mother-tongue” policy ordered them to teach in Chinese, government officials confirmed Friday. The Earth Times notes that the proposal, submitted to lawmakers on Thursday, is aimed at improving English-language standards which [...] Tweet China: MarketWatch.com notes that the Educational Testing Service (ETS) has joined with Nokia to launch English learning courses specially designed for Nokia phone users in China. Designed by ETS teaching and testing experts, the courses are comprehensive, useful and easy-to-learn. They contain English tests, business English and survival English packages. Read the full story… [...] Tweet China: Over the past four days, 23 college students, reached for eloquence, engaged in spirited repartee – and competed for supremacy in the final rounds of the CCTV Cup English Speaking Contest. The final competition, at the CCTV studios, Wednesday evening was intense. Six finalists battled for the highest honor in China’s ultimate test [...]  |
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