The new work I promised on Li Yang and his Crazy English method has finally been published and is available for free on the Web: A Survey of Li Yang Crazy English (2.6 MB PDF), by Amber R. Woodward.

For a little more on this, see Victor Mair’s recent post on Language Log: Crazy English again.

This paper, which is some 70 pages long, includes photos and even videos.

Here’s the table of contents:

• Preface
• Abstract
• Li Yang: The Man
  • Li Yang’s Background
  • The Establishment of Li Yang Crazy English
• Crazy English: The Method
  • Precursors to Crazy English
  • Crazy English Pedagogical Method
  • Crazy English Psychological Method
  • The Potential for Success of the Crazy English Method
• Li Yang Crazy English Politics: The Madness
  • Li Yang’s Personal Ideology
  • Zhang Yuan’s 1999 Documentary, Crazy English
  • Crazy English Publicity
  • Government Response to Li Yang
  • Connection between the Method and the Madness
• Appendix
  • Survey on Li Yang and Crazy English
  • Transcript of Time Asia Interview
  • Transcript of Li’s Responses to Criticism
  • Pictures of Li Yang Crazy English
• Bibliography

This is issue no. 180 of Sino-Platonic Papers.

Further reading:

• Crazy English, Language Log, November 21, 2007
• Shanghai Daily: ‘Crazy English’ guru a bit crazed, Shanghaiist, October 11, 2007
• more Crazy English, Pinyin News
• Crazy English in the New Yorker, Pinyin News, April 23, 2008
• “Crazy English” and Chinese nationalism, Pinyin News, July 2, 2005