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China English in World Englishes pp 49–115Cite as

China English and ELT in China: An Empirical Perspective

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This chapter starts with people’s understanding of China English as a developing variety.

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Notes

  1. 1.

    By ‘key university’, I mean the universities under the direct administration of the Ministry of Education in China; there are 75 such universities in China (List of universities, 2020). Consequently, all the other universities in China are classified as ‘second-tier universities’.

  2. 2.

    Students of each discipline study different programs. For example, students of Engineering major in Mechanical Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Material Engineering, Motor Engineering, etc. In this research, they are considered as one group: students of Engineering. There were 7 of the 795 students, who did not report their majors in their questionnaires.

  3. 3.

    Four of them are NSs from the UK, USA, and Australia, three are from Hong Kong.

  4. 4.

    As mentioned in Sect. 3.1.2, all the interviews were conducted in Putonghua and then transcribed and translated into English.

  5. 5.

    In the course of statistical analysis, I found it necessary to input Items 8, 13, and 17, respectively, as three, two, and two items (i.e., 8a, 8b, 8c; 13a, 13b; 17a, 17b). As what has been explained in Sects. 1 and 3, it should also be noticed that for the purpose of statistical analysis, Items 1, 2, 3, and 25 are dealt with as if they were 2-point Likert scale items, Item 26 as 3-point Likert scale, since only numerical input can be operated in computers.

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He, D. (2020). China English and ELT in China: An Empirical Perspective. In: China English in World Englishes. Asia in Transition, vol 10. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-8187-8_3

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