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Easy Talk: How important is English?

( chinadaily.com.cn ) Updated: 2014-02-18 14:55:51

Last year, The Ministry of Education released a new plan for gaokao, China's national college entrance examination. The plan stated that English would no longer be a gaokao test subject. Instead, students can take English tests more than once each year, and only the highest score will be counted. For three decades, English has been ubiquitous in most of China's exams, but now will the reduced role of English in China's most important test have huge repercussions on Chinese students' English proficiency?

Host: Hu Zhe

Guests: Raymond Zhou & Mike Peters

Studio Director: Lou Yi

Camera: Cong Ruiting & Wu Chuanjing & Sun Tianyuan

Editing: Yu Yao

Subtitles: Yu Yao

Producers: Hu Zhe & Lance Crayon

Executive Producer: Feng Minghui

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About Easy Talk:

Easy Talk is a weekly talk show program covering the latest living-related issues in today’s China. Foreigners living in China are invited to share their life experiences and observations on a variety of light topics. The discussions revolve around the cultural differences that exist between China and other countries, covering various aspects and the implications they have on China’s cultural exchange with the world.

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