{"id":521,"date":"2007-01-17T10:10:11","date_gmt":"2007-01-17T02:10:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pinyin.info\/news\/2007\/shanghainese-are-overusing-english-says-prc-academic\/"},"modified":"2007-01-15T16:40:12","modified_gmt":"2007-01-15T08:40:12","slug":"shanghainese-are-overusing-english-says-prc-academic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pinyin.info\/news\/2007\/shanghainese-are-overusing-english-says-prc-academic\/","title":{"rendered":"Shanghainese are overusing English, says PRC academic"},"content":{"rendered":"

From the China Daily<\/em> a few months ago. <\/p>\n

A linguistics expert has claimed Shanghainese are overusing the English language. <\/p>\n

“It’s a blind worship of the English language,”said Pan Wenguo, dean of Chinese as a Foreign Language School at East China Normal University, at a conference held Monday to commemorate the 20th anniversary of promoting Putonghua, or Mandarin. <\/p>\n

He added the business sector was particularly responsible for the trend, claiming many people used English “more for following others blindly than for practical needs.” <\/p>\n

Pan said up to one-third of Chinese are studying or have studied English, while the number of English learners in Shanghai is even higher. <\/p>\n

“English is not bad in itself, but the present mania of learning English is really too much,”said Pan. <\/p>\n

Last Sunday, more than 50,000 Shanghai locals sat the English Interpreter Test of middle to high levels, an increase of 20 per cent on last year. <\/p>\n

The time set a side for English learning has been on the rise for students at various levels….<\/p>\n

In the increasingly competitive job market, the English Certificate has become one of the most important qualifications employees look for, ranking only behind diplomas. <\/p>\n

Many employers, especially in the business sector, tend to hire only people with good English communication abilities….<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

source: Linguist criticizes ‘blind worship’ of English<\/a>, China Daily<\/em>, September 23, 2006<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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