Why are there people in China who can't speak basic English?
Why are there people in China who can't speak basic English?
I answer this question. Could help me to modify it? Thank you.
Historical reasons: many countries speak English because they were British colonies once. China wasn't. Chinese don't speak English in daily life. There are a lot of people have studied English, but they forget how to speak due to nonuse in life.
China's education: Just as others said, as a course, English is tested by written exams, very few listening and speaking. This led to the results: students can read article, listen simple sentences but speaking fewer words.
Chinese characters: Face-saving and lack of self-confidence. In Asia culture face-saving is important. It means not making others or oneself look bad. When talk with foreigners(especially who speak English very well)many people will worry about their pronunciation, grammar ...... So they decided to don't speak English, even if the basic English and they have listened for many times.
To my point of view, these are the main reasons why some lecturers in the university can't speak basic English. Believe me, general they can read very professional literatures.
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Why are there people in China who can't speak basic English?
Why are there people in China who can't speak basic English?
I will answer this question. Could help me to modify it? Thank you.
Historical reasons: many countries speak English because they were British colonies once. China wasn't. The Chinese don't speak English in daily life. There are a lot of people who have studied English, but they forget how to speak due to nonuse in daily life.
China's education: Just as others said, as a course, English is tested by written exams, there are very few listening and speaking/opportunities. This led to the results: students can read articles, listen to and understand simple sentences but they hardly speak speaking fewer words.
Chinese characteristics: Face-saving and lack of self-confidence. In Asian culture face-saving is important. It means not making others or oneself look bad. When talking with foreigners (especially those who speak English very well) many people will worry about their pronunciation, and/or grammar, ...... so they decided not to don't speak English, even if the English is basic and they have heard it listened for many times.
To In my point of view, these are the main reasons why some lecturers at in the university can't speak basic English. Believe me, generally they can read very professional literatures.
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You are right. When I answer this question, I know these are my problems. Even if now I can open mouth to speak, still afraid of being wrong. Maybe tell the real reason in my heart, I will have less scruples.
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Hi Selina,I think no only Chinese people fear to open their mouth to practice English,I met some language partners here they were too shy to speak Chinese in front of me.yes if we don't care lost our face and speak more,we can be easy to improve our english.BTW my English reading is not good and I don't know how to get high grade in exams.
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