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Reflect learning of Seminar in English Language Teaching, Current Trends and Issues in English Language Education in Asia (Blog 11)



Current Trends and Issues in English Language Education in Asia.

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On April 11,2017.

Today, we learned about Current Trends and Issues in English Language Education in Asia.
The teacher assigned us to read and discuss about Current Trends and Issues in English Language Education in Asia and there are consist of 10 parts.

1. The starting Grade of English Language Education
English language education starts at first grade in 11 nations/regions, which means that students study, English for about 10-13 years in these regions, excluding tertiary English education.

The results of the survey reveal that most of the Asian countries/regions start English language education from first grade, which is earlier than most of the European countries.

2. English Class Hours
English class hours in Thailand are larger than the other Asian countries.

3. National English Curriculum
The national curriculum covers first-grade English to the highest high school grade English (10 12 or 13th
grade English) in the countries/regions where English is introduced from first grade (e.g., Hong Kong,
Singapore, Sri Lanka, and Pakistan). In Pakistan, interestingly, the national curriculum covers up to the graduate level.  In Korea, China, Israel, Vietnam, Iran, Japan, Indonesia, and Taiwan the national curriculum covers from the grade where English is introduced to the end of secondary education.

4. School Textbook
The results of the survey on English textbooks reveal that primary and secondary English textbooks are national or government-authorized commercial, especially for state-run or public schools, in 12 Asian nations.

5. Teaching English through English
Teaching English through English, in the five Asian countries in ESL context: Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka and the UAE.
English is taught in Mother tongue such as Thailand.

6. The Use of Computer for English Language Education
the computer is used for English language education in most of the Asian nations/regions surveyed, except for Japan, Bangladesh, India, Iran, and Pakistan, and Sri Lanka, This trend may be closely related to ICT development in each Asian country.
-ICT is used mainly in class or at home.
-ICT is used mainly for listening, reading, writing, pronunciation or grammar.
-Computer is used for studying, teaching and testing.

7.The University Entrance Examination
Most of the Asian countries/regions surveyed have a nation-wide university entrance examination.
Nation-wide exam such as Korea, China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, Indonesia, Thailand
and No Nation-wide exam such as Malaysia, The Philippines, India, Pakistan.

8.English Teachers
Primary English is taught by English specialty teachers in seven nations/regions, while it is taught by generalists in five nations.

9. Tertiary English Education
All the Asian nations/regions surveyed have general English courses at universities, except some countries.
10. English-medium Subjects
English is used as the medium of instruction in non-language classes across school levels in four Asian nations where English is used a second language.


In this lesson is easy because we read it before and the teacher taught me very clearly but I did not get some ideas from the teacher because the air conditioner in the classroom was broken so I am not concentrated at that time.

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