Author(s)

Yulu He ¹

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¹ Yibin Vocational & Technical College, Sichuan Province, 644000, China

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ABSTRACT

Why should we teach languages? For some, this can mean cognitive training, where understanding a language is itself about being exposed to the culture of the language, while for others the goal is based on social change and general educational values. This present essay will elucidate the goals of English language teaching, contextualized within a specific situation of Chinese primary schools on internal and external aspects, discussing it in relation to individual goals.

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Yulu He, The Goals of English Language Teaching in Chinese Primary School. Advances in Vocational and Technical Education (2021) Vol. 3: 5-9. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.23977/avte.2021.030302.

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