The Importance of English in Primary School Education in China: Perception of Teachers in Post-Covid-19 Hybrid Classrooms

Noble Po Kan Lo; Bryan Ka ho To

doi:10.1007/978-981-99-7559-4_14

The Importance of English in Primary School Education in China: Perception of Teachers in Post-Covid-19 Hybrid Classrooms

Noble Po Kan Lo
, Bryan Ka ho To

Division of Languages and Communication (LC)

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Abstract

In 2021, China’s ‘double reduction policy’ aimed to lessen students’ learning burden by reducing extracurricular work, affecting off-campus tutoring, including English language learning. China’s competitive academic environment led students to seek additional tutoring to improve their higher education prospects. Recent reforms, such as Shanghai’s ban on English proficiency exams and reduced in-classroom English instruction, have raised concerns amongst parents about their children’s future opportunities and global competitiveness. This paper highlights the emergent problems facing an embattled Chinese English education system. With public schools seeking to alleviate the student burden through coursework and testing reduction, the burdens placed upon EFL educators are evolving. This paper therefore explores this phenomenon, weighs the roles and approaches of these educators to EFL, and highlights opportunities for shifting the Chinese educational system towards an inclusive, student-centred approach that supports English language teachers within a new hybridised standard.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Critical Reflections on ICT and Education
Subtitle of host publication	Selected Papers from the HKAECT 2023 International Conference
Editors	Anna Wing Bo Tso, Wendy Wing Lam Chan, Steven Kwan Keung Ng, Tiffany Shurui Bai, Noble Po Kan Lo
Publisher	Springer Singapore
Pages	231-253
Edition	1
ISBN (Electronic)	978-981-99-7559-4
ISBN (Print)	978-981-99-7558-7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-7559-4_14
Publication status	Published - 14 Dec 2023

Publication series

Name	Educational Communications and Technology Yearbook
Publisher	Springer
ISSN (Print)	2524-4078
ISSN (Electronic)	2524-4086

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 4 Quality Education

Keywords

English language learning
Hybrid education system
Pedagogy
Primary school education
Student achievement

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Lo, N. P. K., & To, B. K. H. (2023). The Importance of English in Primary School Education in China: Perception of Teachers in Post-Covid-19 Hybrid Classrooms. In A. W. B. Tso, W. W. L. Chan, S. K. K. Ng, T. S. Bai, & N. P. K. Lo (Eds.), Critical Reflections on ICT and Education: Selected Papers from the HKAECT 2023 International Conference (1 ed., pp. 231-253). (Educational Communications and Technology Yearbook). Springer Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-7559-4_14

Lo, Noble Po Kan ; To, Bryan Ka ho. / The Importance of English in Primary School Education in China : Perception of Teachers in Post-Covid-19 Hybrid Classrooms. Critical Reflections on ICT and Education: Selected Papers from the HKAECT 2023 International Conference. editor / Anna Wing Bo Tso ; Wendy Wing Lam Chan ; Steven Kwan Keung Ng ; Tiffany Shurui Bai ; Noble Po Kan Lo. 1. ed. Springer Singapore, 2023. pp. 231-253 (Educational Communications and Technology Yearbook).

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Lo, NPK & To, BKH 2023, The Importance of English in Primary School Education in China: Perception of Teachers in Post-Covid-19 Hybrid Classrooms. in AWB Tso, WWL Chan, SKK Ng, TS Bai & NPK Lo (eds), Critical Reflections on ICT and Education: Selected Papers from the HKAECT 2023 International Conference. 1 edn, Educational Communications and Technology Yearbook, Springer Singapore, pp. 231-253. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-7559-4_14

The Importance of English in Primary School Education in China: Perception of Teachers in Post-Covid-19 Hybrid Classrooms. / Lo, Noble Po Kan; To, Bryan Ka ho.
Critical Reflections on ICT and Education: Selected Papers from the HKAECT 2023 International Conference. ed. / Anna Wing Bo Tso; Wendy Wing Lam Chan; Steven Kwan Keung Ng; Tiffany Shurui Bai; Noble Po Kan Lo. 1. ed. Springer Singapore, 2023. p. 231-253 (Educational Communications and Technology Yearbook).

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