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Where does the motivation for learning English come from?
A few days ago, Yu, the founder of New Oriental, pointed out that our education paid too much attention to English, and called for reducing the scores and difficulty of English exams, which triggered a heated discussion among netizens.

Phoenix netizens "broadcast fast". Com, saying that English is really exaggerated now. Many people begin to learn English from primary school, and then spend a lot of time dealing with CET-4 and CET-6 after being admitted to university. Postgraduate English also accounts for a quarter of their scores. After entering the society, I have to take the professional title English test, but there are few places where I can really use English.

"Reference message? According to an online survey conducted jointly by Beijing Reference and Sina.com, 70.3% people admit that the motivation of learning English is to cope with further studies and exams, and only 7.7% people like learning English.

The pressure of English examination makes many families pay a lot of money, which makes the English training market increasingly popular. According to Labor, the current foreign language training craze has extended to the field of preschool education. Faced with tuition fees ranging from several thousand yuan to ten thousand yuan, many parents are still rushing. According to the education and training industry report released by Deloitte & Touche, in the next few years, the children's English market in China will grow at a rate of 12% per year, and the annual investment of parents in China will reach1400 million yuan.

Yang Mingzhe, a netizen of Northeast News Network, lamented that many people learn English just to cope with exams, which makes it difficult for them to communicate face to face with foreigners. We should treat the topic of learning English for all more rationally and teach students in accordance with their aptitude.

According to Sina's survey. Com, 73. 1% people are in favor of reducing the proportion of English in the college entrance examination.

A netizen on Xinhuanet disapproves of lowering English scores. He believes that if English is not good enough, you can't read a lot of foreign advanced scientific and technological documents, and you can't communicate well with foreign countries.

Another netizen thinks that only a few college graduates work in foreign companies or engage in English-related scientific research. Unfortunately, junior high school, college entrance examination, postgraduate entrance examination, examination and promotion all need English. In particular, the foreign language test for professional titles has little effect on the work that many people are engaged in.

According to Sina's survey. Com, only 12.9% people think English is very useful after entering the society.

A netizen in China. Com pointed out that English test has formed a huge industrial chain and become a means for interest groups to seek benefits, which has almost locked in the whole people and wasted a lot of social resources. For example, the English test for professional titles, regardless of whether English is needed in daily work, has to be taken if you want to improve your professional titles, and unless the level is very high, you have to take an A-level certificate, or you have to take an A-level exam. A large number of professionals waste their time and energy on such exams. Besides, doctor. Who can guarantee that a doctor with excellent results in the English test for professional titles is a good doctor? A doctor trusted by a patient, can you deny him or her because his or her English test level is not high? Should we clean up all kinds of English exams that waste people's money and have been taken since childhood? How about canceling the exams and the ones that shouldn't?

A netizen of Tianya Forum said that at the two sessions this year, Sha Zhenquan, a deputy to the National People's Congress, mentioned that some places boldly carried out the reform of foreign language examination for professional titles, such as Shanxi, Fujian and Jiangsu. He predicted that more and more places would have such pragmatic reforms.