China’s Cultural and Social Influences on English Language Learning in Public Chinese Education

Students in China learn the English language differently than students living in Canada. The goal of this project will be to compare, contrast, and find connections between English education in China and in Canada. The objective of this proposed research project is to examine and investigate the teaching of English in Chinese classrooms, as well as the use of everyday English in China. This will be done by observing classroom applications of speaking, writing, and listening to English words and sentences and comparing it with Chinese everyday language. Expected outcomes of this project will be the observation of differences between English in a Chinese classroom and its practical outside of a school environment, which should be the result of English education and other social factors. This will be used to examine how English is separated into different categories in China, due to cultural influences. From there, an analysis of English education in China and Canada will be conducted to show a growing relationship with English language learning.

Faculty Supervisor:

Shi Jing Xu

Student:

Partner:

Southwest University

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Education

University:

University of Windsor

Program: