What Are the Experiences of College English Teaching in Heilongjiang Province, China?

Background

China’s more modern achievements are quite remarkable. Innovations coming out of China’s research institutions include: the invention of the world’s lightest substance—carbon aerogel, electronic cigarettes, turning urine samples into brain cells, and the cure of a solid cancer by using methotrexate (Neimann & Stelson, 2017). Maglev wind power generators are also a result of China’s exceptional educational experiences as well as the innovation regarding the measurement of neutrino mixing angle θ₁₃, an important contribution to particle physics. Chinese scientists also recently invented a non-invasive prenatal diagnostic test for Down's Syndrome, the synthesis of crystalline bovine insulin, single-mode optical fiber, and stem cell educator therapy: Chinese and U.S. researchers have produced remarkable results for this new treatment of obtaining stem cells from human cord blood to “re-educate” misbehaving immune cells. It is no wonder China’s education system is getting world-wide attention (Neimann & Stelson, 2017).

The goal of China’s curriculum innovation is that it will be felt nationwide (M.O.E., n.d.). The minister for education has designed objectives for new educational infrastructure which includes making the following relevant within the curriculum which has shown to increase student outcomes:

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  Students will understand China’s history and place in the 21^st Century, and they will assume responsibility for their personal and national development.

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  Students will respect other cultures and nations and be ready to communicate in an international environment.

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  Students will master the basic skills in reading, writing and arithmetic.

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  Students will understand various cultures and a wide range of science applications.

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  Students will have the capacity to process information.

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  Students will develop affection for work ethos so they can adapt in a learning society.

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  Students will develop a scientific understanding of the environment and ecological ethics, to be able to identify, analyze and solve problems in their daily lives.

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  Students will understand and care for society, to form appropriate moral values and behavioral habits to be ready to serve the people and the community.

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  Students will develop sound self-consciousness and independent personality, to take good care of life; to learn to rationally plan and assess her/his own self development and cope with frustration in social life, to be accustomed to regular exercise and healthy living habits.

China’s innovation in the area of math focuses on multiple solutions for problem solving, concept of space development, content of statistics practice and comprehensive application, and the use of calculators and computers as tools (Lu, 2005; Qi, 2003; Sun, 2000).