|
Many people asked me: 「Should the Chinese People learn English」? My answer is all the time 「Yes.」
English is one of the most important languages in the world. We know there are about 1.4 billions people using Chinese as their daily language, but these people are mainly concentrated in one country, China. Country or countries using Chinese as their official language are seldom. English speakers may not be so many as Chinese speakers but the language is used widely in many countries in the world. And countries like Canada, Australia, New Zeland, India, Singaport etc. use English as their official languages. The United Nations is using English as its main language during international meetings and discussions.
English, its advantages and superiority is beyond doubt in technical and scientific readings and writings. Without the English ability, it is difficult to peruse the content of the high-level scientific volumes.
Many Chinese wonder they could never learn a native or perfect English all their lives no matter how hard they work! Right, a native English speaker and a none-native English speaker are distinguished in some ways as in pronunciation, daily expression and proverb and slang et., but that is not important. Good English is defined as a 「clear expression;
without significant grammar mistake; and easy to understand」 patterns. Whoever says the British』s English is the only native good English is wrong!
Canadians speak Canadian English, Australians speak Australian English,and Indians speak Indian English. They are all English but they are all different in a sense. Anyway, they can understand one and the others without problem. So, should we say that they cannot speak good English? No! so-called native English is just a sense of Self-raised ethnical pride and patriotism!
As I said China has 1.3 billions population, now China has put English into its school course starting even the first graders in primary school. Imagining that Twenty years later, China will be the biggest English speaking country paralleling the Chinese language internally. Then, Chinese can also claim, if any one wants to, 「Perfect English Is The Chinese English"! |
|