Abstract

Teaching courses in a foreign language was formally promoted by Ministry of Education in China in 2001. Guangdong University of Foreign Studies (Guangwai) as a top 3 Chinese foreign language university has taken the lead in teaching business courses in English instruction or bilingual languages. The paper summarizes and analyzes Guangwai’s experiences in implementing this teaching mode, such as the types of courses taught in this mode, the conditions required for teachers, the selection of teaching materials, etc., so as to provide some useful references for the university and other universities.

Highlights

  • In English immersion classrooms, a teacher who is a non-native English speaker and whose first language is Chinese conducts lessons entirely in English for approximately half the school day

  • This paper in the following aims to make an analysis of Guangwai’s experiences in implementing this teaching mode, such as the courses taught in this mode, the conditions required for teachers, the selection of teaching materials, and the effect of student learning, etc., so as to provide some useful references for other universities

  • In the practices of Guangwai, teaching business courses in English or bilingualism can be divided into the three main types based on the nature of degree programs, classes or courses rather than the percentage of the language spent in the class as mentioned in the above paragraph

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Summary

Introduction

In English immersion classrooms, a teacher who is a non-native English speaker and whose first language is Chinese conducts lessons entirely in English for approximately half the school day This mode of teaching in China is often named as teaching courses in English, another foreign language or bilingualism. Guangwai is well recognized for its distinctive features of internationalization in South China, and its education of internationally-oriented personnel and its researches on foreign languages & culture, international trade and international strategic studies. It was created by a merger in 1995 of Guangzhou Institute of Foreign Languages and Guangzhou Institute of Foreign Trade. This paper in the following aims to make an analysis of Guangwai’s experiences in implementing this teaching mode, such as the courses taught in this mode, the conditions required for teachers, the selection of teaching materials, and the effect of student learning, etc., so as to provide some useful references for other universities

Definitions and Origins
Researches in China
Types of Courses Taught in English or Bilingualism
Qualifications Required for Teachers
Choices of Teaching Materials
Problems of This Teaching Mode
Findings
Conclusion and Suggestions

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