In central Ji'nan, there is no English class for English fever.
reporter Li Fei
recently learned from a number of primary schools in the Central District of Ji'nan City, according to the requirements of the Central District Education Bureau, after the opening of the new term in September this year, the freshmen in primary school no longer offer English language classes, which will start from grade three in primary school. Zero starting point is an English class. Previous one or two grades have already started, will not stop.
12 morning, in Ji'nan Shengli Street Primary School, many classes in grade one are taking English classes. In the 2 class of grade one, there are "door, light, bed, box" and other English words on the blackboard. The students are reading loudly with the English teacher. There is an English textbook for people's Education Publishing House on everyone's desk.
similar situation will not appear again in the first grade classroom of City Central District after September this year. Teachers from many schools in the area told reporters that they had already received notice that the first grade freshmen did not set up English classes this year.
"English class in the first grade of City Central District should be at least ten years old." Liu Lei, director of the English teaching and research section of Shengli Street Primary School, told reporters that the decision to cancel the education department has been carefully considered and investigated.
it is understood that since 1997, the Middle District of the city has opened the English class in the grade three of the primary school, and the first grade of all district schools and primary schools in the whole district also opened English classes in 2003.
the head of the Education Bureau of the Central District of the city confirmed the news that first grade freshmen did not offer English courses since September this year, and said they had passed the conference to the whole district school. The person said the move was to further implement the program for the curriculum of compulsory education in Shandong, and to start an English class at "zero starting point" from grade three in primary school. And the previous one or two grade has already started, will not stop. That is to say, English has been offered in grade one or two of primary school, and English class can be continued after entering the new grade.
the reporter learned that according to the program of the compulsory education section of Shandong Province, there was no English course in grade one or two in primary school and 2 classes per week in grade three. In accordance with the national curriculum standards, the initial grade of English courses in primary schools is grade three.