The Analysis of Improper Provision of English Course to Primary Schools in China

Shenghua YANG

Abstract


Many primary schools inChinahave offered English course widely. Some scholars have focused on the strength of this provision and very few of the critics have noticed the improper provision of English course to primary schools inChina. This article gives a brief introduction of the general provision of English course to primary school inChinanowadays, states this provision is not proper and probes into the reasons for this improper provision. The general provision of English course results from the misconceptions of the individual factor of age, of critical period hypothesis and of other language theories.


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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3968/n

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