Advancing Academic English Teaching and Learning in China: A Meta-analysis

Abstract

Learning Academic English (AE) has been gaining importance day by day globally but China is still lagging behind in this race of Academic English learning and teaching. China is behind the world in teaching and learning English due to many problems that have been creating challenges for Chinese students. This study used the meta-analysis approach to identify the challenges created by the poor academic teaching and learning and the possible solutions to eliminate these challenges. The study uses the correlation and regression analysis to identify the impact of poor English teaching facilities, worse intelligibility, grammatical issues, poor communication skills, and language complexity on the challenges faced by the Chinese students. After the identification of the challenges, policy recommendations have been made based on the qualitative data analysis of the previous studies.