Abstract
The paper looked into faculty of Chinese College English (CE)(or CE faculty on the paper) , a great proportion of teachers teaching English for all non-English majors in higher education institutions, through analysis of CE faculty recruitment process, symbiosis of researching and teaching in their performances, as well as their restrained professional development in China higher education. It’s demonstrated that disciplinary identity on campus is the premise of being successfully fulfillment of the function of teaching and learning in higher education; CE faculty are supposed to effectively perform their duty in line with their professionals defined and developed by the discipline they are trained by. It’s discussed that for securing and protecting the efficiency and academic status of CE and CE faculty, there should be a accrediting process for CE the course accreditation and for CE faculty with academically educational program awarding degree, which is guaranteed for CE being recognized a important and legalized academic activity serving Chinese higher education as its very first design.
Highlights
1.1 Chinese College English (CE) in ChinaCE is a most populous, a compulsory English course defined in the Guidelines of College English Teaching, 2015 (Wang, 2016), a latest official document on CE in Chinese universities and colleges not just in China higher education (HE), but in the world
By describing and analyzing the current condition of CE, mainly through analyzing profile of CE faculty, it‘s concluded that only CE is recognized its academic identity in China HE, in terms of discipline the very foundation of legitimacy in HE, CE is able to go through its crisis and CE faculty is able to conduct effectively and academic performance on assisting CE learners, consistent to the goal of HE in large extent
In the same year, Xin published another article in the same year, proposing construction of foreign language education an independent discipline in order to deal with issues of CE faculty
Summary
CE is a most populous, a compulsory English course defined in the Guidelines of College English Teaching (drafted), 2015 (Wang, 2016), a latest official document on CE in Chinese universities and colleges not just in China higher education (HE), but in the world. CE lasts 2 academic years, 16 credits, taking account 10% of total credits for eligibly applying bachelor degree (Department of Higher Education [DHE] of MOE, 2007). Such policy has been done in majority universities and colleges in the state till leading to the huge attendance for just one course and formulating a huge national testing system: College English Test 4(CET4) College English Test 6 (CET6). English language proficiency, comparatively speaking, is becoming more demanding for competing, no matter at home and outside world in many areas, job hunting included.
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