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Innovation and development of foreign language teaching in China

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Frontiers of Education in China

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Foreign language teaching has been playing a dominant role in China’s curriculum reform, especially in the present globalization of Chinese society and economy. However, the insufficient research into foreign language teaching and blindly adopting western theory demand China learn from its own experience and also develop western foreign language teaching theories that innovate and promote its education system and research.

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  1. School of Foreign Languages, Southwest University, Chongqing, 400715, China

    Zhang Zheng-dong

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Translated from Foreign Language Teaching & Research in Basic Education, 2004 (10)

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Zhang, Zd. Innovation and development of foreign language teaching in China. Front. Educ. China 1, 577–588 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11516-006-0031-2

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