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ZHU Mei-hong, CHEN Feng-jiao
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DOI:10.17265/2159-5836/2018.08.016
School of Foreign Languages, Wuhan Institute of Technology, Wuhan, Hubei Province, China
English learning and teaching has been a hot research topic in China since the coming of the 21st century. By way of questionnaire surveys and interviews, the research group takes one ordinary Chinese university as a case to study the reform of College English curriculum setup. The paper focuses on study of extended courses, which are the most typical reflections of the reform in this university. In the first stage, 4,330 students are surveyed or interviewed in the pre-research process and another 1,270 participants from Grades 2013 and 2014 in the second stage finish the questionnaire about the reform. The paper analyses the results of 1,215 valid questionnaires. The analyses and discussions in the research include four aspects, which are participants’ overall attitudes towards the reform of College English curriculum setup, current situation of course teaching and assessment, degree of satisfaction with the extended courses and participants’ feedbacks and suggestions. In the end of the study the existing problems in the reform are listed and suggestions are given to further reform the College English curriculum.
college English curriculum, extended courses, Non-English majors, questionnaire survey
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