Assembly explores English education in new era

English language education in China is ushering in new opportunities as the country strides into a new era and moves closer to center stage in the global arena, experts at an international conference in Shanghai said on Friday.

With China expanding and deepening its opening-up policy, the country has been put under an international spotlight like never before, experts said at the 2018 TESOL International Association China Assembly.

The three-day conference, which began on Friday morning, has gathered more than 1,800 school English teachers and leading experts in English teaching from home and abroad.