In recent years, with the strengthening of the rationality of learning English, although the country has reduced the proportion of English scores in exams to a certain extent and strengthened mother tongue learning, learning English is still a necessary skill for us to better integrate into the world and go out. At present, a big problem in the field of education is how to effectively let all citizens in the country learn English equally, enjoy the English learning resources given to each citizen by the state, and make English learning no longer a checkpoint of social mobility.
First, the educational inequality in Britain inhibits social mobility.
(A) affect social harmony
Fairness is an important guarantee of social harmony. Only by promoting social fairness and justice can we win social harmony. The fairness of English education is equally important. As our second language, English, unlike Chinese, our mother tongue, can be consciously mastered from the moment we are born. For English learning as a second language, there is no such environment, and the only way for us to master it is active learning. If this kind of learning resources cannot be enjoyed fairly, it will naturally cause people to complain about the uneven distribution of social educational resources, further intensify social contradictions and affect social harmony.
(b) the impact of social mobility at all levels
The mobility of social strata can promote the vitality of society to a great extent, which is also the internal reason for its stable existence. Facing the current reality, learning English well will not only bring us great honor, but also directly affect one's learning career. It is an indispensable ability for us to enter the university and go abroad for further study. On the contrary, if we don't learn English well, we may lose the opportunity to continue our education, because English is an important subject in exam-oriented education at present. Compared with a person who can't speak English, an international student has an insurmountable communication gap. It has to be admitted that this gap is a sign of social class differentiation to a certain extent. They come into contact with different worlds and have different values, which will inevitably lead to difficulties in the mobility of these two classes, thus blocking the mobility of this big social circle.
Second, the performance of English education inequality
(A) the starting point is inconsistent
Although they all aim at "learning English", people often say that this kind of unfairness exists from birth and is "losing at the starting line", and the regional difference between urban and rural areas is the main factor. The city is rich in teachers, materials and other unique conditions. Children in the city have been exposed to English since the first grade of primary school and even kindergarten. Compared with children in cities, children in rural areas have no advantage in this respect. Rich rural areas may offer English classes in the third grade, and may wait until junior high school. In just a few years, the gap between them has emerged.
(B) teacher inequality
Compared with poor and backward rural areas and other underdeveloped areas, teachers are more willing to go to developed cities for their own development needs, resulting in uneven distribution of teachers in education. A teacher post in a city may be that 10 thousand people walk on a wooden bridge and choose only one. In underdeveloped areas such as rural areas, a large number of teachers' posts are ignored. Nowadays, in many rural schools, many English teachers are not experts, not quasi-English departments, but more teachers of other majors. To a certain extent, this will inevitably lead to students' low enthusiasm for learning English, and also lead to students' inaccurate English pronunciation, which will also have a certain impact on their further English learning.
Third, measures to improve social mobility caused by inequality in English education.
(A) to strengthen the improvement of the education system
To some extent, the inequality of English education is due to the imperfection of the education system. In English education, uneven teachers and unfair starting point of education are all manifestations. Although the current Education Law of the People's Republic of China has repeatedly stressed the need to ensure the fairness of education and ensure that everyone has the equal right to enjoy education, there are always various difficulties in the actual implementation process. The state should not only increase the publicity of educational equity, but also introduce some reward and punishment measures to ensure the orderly advancement of various systems.
(2) Increase financial input.
The state attaches importance to equality in education. In addition to institutional guarantee, financial resources should be supplemented to some extent. The gap between urban and rural education and the difference between developed and underdeveloped areas can be attributed to the difference in regional economic strength. In recent years, although the state has repeatedly increased its investment in education and achieved certain results, it will continue to increase its financial investment in this area, especially in underdeveloped rural areas. While these financial inputs are increasing, they can guide the allocation of teachers to a certain extent and let young people dare to teach in remote rural areas.
(C) improve social mobility channels
Effectively improving the inequality of English education can promote the mobility of all social strata to a certain extent, but the main force of social mobility cannot rely entirely on the improvement of English inequality. In order to strengthen social mobility, from another perspective, it can be improved from the level of social mobility, such as dredging the channels of social mobility. The normal flow of society is related to economy, politics and culture, not just education. Improving these aspects to promote social mobility will have a negative impact on English education to a certain extent and enhance the fairness of English education to a certain extent.
Four. conclusion
In today's global situation, it is necessary to pay attention to the equality of English education in order to effectively promote social mobility. The state should not only ensure equality in all aspects of English education, but also strive to safeguard the equal right of each learner to receive English education, so as to ensure that everyone can move smoothly at all levels of society and realize their all-round development.
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