A meta-discursive analysis of online comments on the suggestion of cancelling National Matriculation English Test in China

Dados Bibliográficos

ID20498856
AutoresXi Yan (0000-0002-2606-5350, Huaqiao University, autor correspondente)
Ano2020
Volume22
Fascículo3
Páginas222-237
Data de publicação2020-09-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoAsian Englishes (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1348-8678 • E-ISSN: 2331-2548
EditoraInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/13488678.2019.1695391
OpenAlexW2990360670
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas2
Referências citadas46

This study explores the ideologies of English in China through a meta-discursive analysis of online comments on Yang Li’s suggestion that China’s National Matriculation English Test should be cancelled. The analysis of netizens’ comments shows that the ideologies of necessitation, externalization, and self-deprecation are in wide circulation in China. Although English is attached great importance in China, most of the Chinese people still view English as a language of the Other and themselves as illegitimate and incompetent users of English. It is hoped that this study can contribute to the current discussion on the status and functions of English in China by identifying the complexity of language ideologies surrounding English and shed new lights on English education in China

China · College English · English language · Externalization · Ideology · Linguistics · Matriculation · Pedagogy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning · Law · Multilingual Education and Policy · Psychology · Second Language Learning and Teaching · Social Psychology