is calling for reducing the proportion of English. The Ministry of Education issued a document to respond to this:
"Compulsory Education Curriculum Plan (2022 Edition)" stipulates that the proportion of class hours for each subject is: 20%-22% in Chinese, 13%-15% in mathematics, 10%-11%, foreign languages, etc. According to the "General High School Curriculum Plan (2017 Edition Revised in 2020)", the proportion of compulsory foreign language courses in general high schools accounts for about 7% of the total compulsory credit hours. Foreign language class hours are significantly lower than those in subjects such as Chinese, mathematics, physical education, and art.
The purpose of this move is to use the English class time ratio to emphasize that the proportion of English teaching is not high, so there is no need to reduce the proportion of English teaching. I don’t know whether it was intentional or unintentional by the Ministry of Education, but this statement missed the most critical quantity: the college entrance examination score.
In the environment where students across the country focus on college entrance examinations, college entrance examination scores play a significant guiding role. In the college entrance examination, the English score has always been 150 points, which is flush with Chinese and mathematics, and is known as the three major subjects. Even though most people nowadays, under the concept of "technology and technology to promote the country", the English 150 points remain unmoved.
single-time lesson recommendation ratio emphasizes that English is not high in proportion to the low proportion. To give an extreme example, even if the English class ratio is zero, as long as the college entrance examination is 150 points, parents and students will try their best to learn. Therefore, English that only talks about class-time ratios and not college entrance examination scores is just a hooligan.
What is strange is that most people agree to reduce the proportion of English is ordinary people, while the domestic elite class opposes reducing the proportion of English. The logic is easy to understand: most ordinary people cannot go abroad or face foreign literature directly. Most people learn English just to take the college entrance examination and take the exam; while the elite class can enjoy the benefits of English, and the convenience of going abroad can create a sense of superiority beyond ordinary people.
To put it bluntly, English has become a moat that distinguishes the powerful and the ordinary people. If ordinary people do not learn English or the proportion of English is reduced, the scope of displaying this sense of superiority will be much narrower.
To give a simple example, the expensive sports car is only attractive to car owners. If you want to show the superiority of owning a sports car in front of migrant workers on the construction site, you can only "hehe".
In early 2019, a debate between "national husband" Wang Moumou and writer Hua Moufang pushed the proportion of English to a climax. Hua Moufang posted on social media, believing that for most Chinese people, English is a waste of our countless manpower and financial resources, and sacrifices the children's precious childhood. The "national husband" retorted online: "There are still XX who has not been abroad in 9012." With words, the sense of superiority abroad is fully visible.
As for the author, there are three reasons for reducing the proportion of English: 1. The learning resources that the whole people occupies are too large, the efficiency is very low, and the cost-effectiveness is not high; 2. With the advancement of technology, instant translators that can be found everywhere on the Internet, whether it is London or North American or French or or German , can be translated immediately; 3. If there is indeed English needs, professional language talents can be cultivated. There is no need for the whole people to learn exam-oriented English.
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