China news agency, Beijing, March 1 1 In response to the phenomenon of "English overheating" among Chinese people, Zhu Shizeng, a member of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, prescribed a good prescription for "reducing fever". He suggested that in primary education, foreign language teaching should be abolished and traditional culture education should be given priority.

With the development of world economic globalization, the world has become more like a global village. In order to adapt to this situation, China's education department has strengthened foreign language teaching. According to statistics, the number of English learners in China exceeds 400 million, accounting for about 1/3 of the total population. Experts predict that in a few years, the number of people learning English in China will exceed the total population of English-speaking countries.

Member Zhu Shizeng said that since the beginning of this century, foreign language education has been offered in primary schools in China. At present, foreign language courses are offered in most areas from the third grade, and in some areas from the first grade. In addition, many kindergartens often offer foreign language courses. What's more, many parents spend a lot of money to send their children to various foreign language training classes to continue their studies after they go to school. This practice is called "Don't let your children lose at the starting line".

While attaching great importance to foreign language education, it ignores the cultivation and education of China's traditional culture. Zhu Shizeng gave an extreme example. "Kindergartens in a big city say" bye-bye "in English after school. When asked about the meaning of "goodbye" and "goodbye", the children of13 were puzzled. In the long run, can our next generation keep their roots? Who will bear the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation? "

He pointed out that some people think that learning a foreign language as early as possible is reasonable, but there are exceptions. "Marx and Feng Zikai successfully learned English after middle age. Since China entered modern history, many people of insight who have devoted themselves to enriching Qiang Bing have come to Japan, Britain, the United States, the former Soviet Union and other places to study and inspect the road of strengthening the country and saving the country. They are all constantly exposed to learning foreign languages in middle school, and most of them are people who have studied Chinese and Western. "

He believes that the fundamental of primary education is to guide children to develop healthily and freely, so he suggests that in primary education, foreign language teaching should be abolished and traditional culture education should be given priority to, so as to enhance children's love for the motherland and establish national self-confidence and pride.

In fact, the phenomenon of "English overheating" is not unique to China, and there has also been a "national English craze" in East Asia. There are pregnant women attending online prenatal education classes in Korea, and there are more than 10 English prenatal education companies in Seoul. The Japanese also put forward the view that "English should be learned from the age of 0".

Zhou Ning, dean of the School of Humanities of Xiamen University, pointed out that it is the strong "modernization complex" of East Asian society that has created these countries' enthusiasm for English. East Asian countries are all crazy learners. They use this learning spirit to cope with English and foreign language learning, so they are crazy.

Hu Min, an English expert and scholar studying in Britain, believes that "English fever" is not a bad thing, but there is no need to "learn English for all". When ordinary people meet foreigners, they can say simple words such as "Hello", "Welcome to China" and "Goodbye". (End) (This article Source: China News Network