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Here is a piece of news from a newspaper two years ago.
English courses will be offered to primary school students in cities and in country schools beginning next year, said the director of the Department of Basic Education of Ministry of Education, Li Lianning.
Primary school students will be required to take the English course beginning in Grade Three. In cities some primary schools may open the course for Grade One students. And in some country primary schools, the program won’t be started until 2002.
A new teaching method will be used for this English course. More emphasis will be placed on students’ speaking and reading abilities, instead of the traditional grammar and pronunciation teaching method.
It is expected that students will learn more in a certain environment. Therefore, a situational method will be used during the class. Four English periods each week will be required. The lessons could be short, 20 or 30 minutes, but at least two lessons among the four should be 40 minutes.
An eight-level test system will be used to cover all level of English from primary school students to senior highs. This would be the first official English assessment(评定)introduced into the high school education system.
A junior high student is required to pass Band Five and a senior high should pass Band Seven. Students will not be required to pass Band Eight. This re