As soon as the weekend passed, a big event that students all over China were looking forward to finally arrived.
The Ministry of Education has officially reformed the curriculum system. Starting today, all compulsory English courses will be cancelled!
English has been completely eliminated from the compulsory class and classified as an elective course.
This move caused a sensation in the education community around the world. This is a very important and historic change!
Since the resumption of the college entrance examination in 1977, English has been a compulsory subject in Chinese education.
At that time, there was a huge gap between China and Western countries. We were open-minded to study, so we included English as a compulsory course. The purpose was to learn from the foreigners and learn skills to control the foreigners.
After 44 years, English has been pulled off the altar.
After so many years of educational experience and the continuous growth of China, everyone has gradually discovered that foreign languages are not a useful thing.
Ninety-five percent of children will not be able to use English when they grow up, and even if they learn well in school, they will soon forget it over time after working.
Unless you are working in English or going abroad, this subject is of no use at all.
How many children with good grades cannot go to good universities because English is a partial subject.
How many students have put a lot of effort into the subject of English and memorized it by rote for more than ten years, only to find after they come out that this thing is not useful at all.
And people who really need English will find that what they learn in school is basically two concepts for their needs.
It is true that foreign languages should be learned, but it is far from necessary to learn them.
The Ministry of Education explained the details of this education reform in detail.
For example, in universities, English has become an elective subject, and students can choose whether they want to learn it or not.
In the third grade of high school, English still needs to be learned.
But it did not say to delete the subject of English, but to classify it as an elective subject, similar to history, ideological and moral character, biology and other subjects.
There are points, but they are only on par with other minor subjects.
Although it may not seem like much has changed, the changes it has made to the students are definitely earth-shaking.
This means that the importance of English in children's minds has been greatly reduced.
For example, Chinese, Mathematics, and English used to be 150 points, and other subjects such as history, thought, and moral character were all 100 points, and in some places they were even only 70 points.
Students have to spend the most important time on Chinese, math, and English, but they can still understand Chinese and mathematics.
Chinese is everyone’s mother tongue, and it is necessary and necessary to learn it well.
Mathematics is the extension and progress of everyone's thinking and logic, and it is the most effective subject for seeking truth.
There is nothing wrong with learning mathematics well.
But investing precious learning time in a foreign language is useless.
What's the point of learning it? It's not your mother tongue, it has nothing to do with logical thinking, and it's rarely used in life.
English is a foreign language. Being able to master it is naturally beneficial, but without it, there will be no impact.
Especially if you are not naturally interested in it, wouldn't it be a waste of time if you force yourself to learn a subject that has no effect?
If you have so much time, you might as well learn more physics and chemistry and get into science, which may be useful in the future.
Now, foreign language is no longer the main subject, but has become a sub-subject with 100 points and 70 points.
This not only ensures that everyone can also learn foreign languages, but also separates them from the focus of the students.
In the future, students with poor English will no longer have to worry about the big gap between their English and other students, nor will they need to spend too much time on English.
Just learn some basics. Why are you so proficient in language studies? Do you want to communicate with the American ZT or something?
If you want to work in the English industry or go abroad in the future, you can go and learn, and no one will stop you.
As soon as this announcement came out, all of China went into a panic.
Last year we said we wanted to reform, but most people didn't believe it.
After all, the status of English in the hearts of Chinese people has been deeply ingrained, and every student has experienced it in their 44 years of study.
Just cancel it if you say it’s cancelled? They don’t believe it.
At that time, many people were still scolding Jiang Siming, because he was the one who made this suggestion.
Everyone thinks that Jiang Siming is just sensationalizing and attracting people's attention.
It is impossible for the Ministry of Education to really follow Jiang Siming's advice. How can we give up what we have learned for decades?
But now, the Ministry of Education has used practical actions to tell everyone that what they are playing is serious.
It is to break everyone's traditional thinking. Who said that English is very important? Who said that if you don't learn English well, you will have no future?
At this moment, all these remarks came to nothing.
This statement itself is very strange and wrong.
But in the past, there were scores to support it, and many people had to admit it.
But now, English has become a secondary subject, and it is still important!
Even students with poor English don't have to worry too much now. Anyway, their scores are not high. As long as they work hard in other subjects, they can get their scores back.
In a certain high school classroom, early in the morning, when the genius was bright, students came to the classroom and began to memorize.
"Let's memorize English today. I still have many words that I haven't memorized."
"Why are you memorizing English? You don't have a school to teach it. From today on, your English score will only be 100%, just like history and politics."
"Yeah, why are you still memorizing English? You only have 100 points. Even if you get a perfect score, you won't be able to make much difference."
"Haha, I finally don't have to memorize words every day anymore~ It's a nightmare!"
"Yes, I don't have to work so hard to memorize words and grammar every day. I feel that I can spend more time memorizing other subjects, such as mathematical formulas, ancient poetry, physical and chemical formulas, etc."
"Reciting Chinese and memorizing Chinese is still fragrant~"
Except for this high school, the same story is happening in every other school.
The English texts on the children's desks were removed from the most prominent position and buried underneath.
A lot of English materials are also shelved in the corner.
Those English test papers that were once very important to children have been included in the test papers for subjects such as politics, history, and biology.
He is no longer the most handsome kid in the subject.
What subjects, predicates, objects, definite adverbial complements, what nouns, articles, and adjectives.
Everything is no longer something that everyone must learn.
The course schedule has also been updated with the latest weekly courses.
There used to be seven or eight English classes per week, but now there are only three or four, and some schools schedule even less.
The workload of English teachers in many schools has dropped sharply.
There are even many schools with too many English teachers. The school feels that there is no need to recruit so many more English teachers and has dismissed some of them.
And the English teachers who are still there are no longer qualified to go to the classroom every morning for self-study and ask the children to memorize English words and grammar.
Or students are required to take English test papers every night during self-study, and they can no longer compete with physical education teachers, computer teachers, and music teachers for lessons.
Have you ever heard of a history teacher or a biology teacher taking over the physical education and music classes?