By Mimi Leung. Bejing’s decision to reduce the proportion of marks allocated to English in the highly competitive national college entrance examination, the gaokao, appears to be an extremely popular move.
A survey by Hong Kong-based Phoenix television – one of the few private television channels permitted to operate in mainland China – collated responses from 220,000 television viewers and found that almost 83%, or nearly 182,000 respondents supported the proposed new emphasis on Chinese studies and reduced emphasis on English in the gaokao, while just 13% opposed the changes. More...
24 novembre 2013
Public supports reduction of English in entrance exam
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