{"id":6759,"date":"2016-07-27T15:58:38","date_gmt":"2016-07-27T07:58:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ecornel.pro4.designworks.tw\/en\/?p=6759"},"modified":"2016-07-27T15:58:38","modified_gmt":"2016-07-27T07:58:38","slug":"pulling-up-or-dragging-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ecornel.com.tw\/en\/pulling-up-or-dragging-down\/","title":{"rendered":"Pulling Up Or Dragging Down?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-av_one_third-6126cab7d8fab8d08143dd2dacdf673c\">\n.flex_column.av-av_one_third-6126cab7d8fab8d08143dd2dacdf673c{\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\npadding:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='flex_column av-av_one_third-6126cab7d8fab8d08143dd2dacdf673c av_one_third  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_two_third  avia-builder-el-first  first flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding  '     ><style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-av_image-97e86708e2eb68678a19cbf107205bd5\">\n.avia-image-container.av-av_image-97e86708e2eb68678a19cbf107205bd5 img.avia_image{\nbox-shadow:none;\n}\n.avia-image-container.av-av_image-97e86708e2eb68678a19cbf107205bd5 .av-image-caption-overlay-center{\ncolor:#ffffff;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='avia-image-container av-av_image-97e86708e2eb68678a19cbf107205bd5 av-styling- avia-align-center  avia-builder-el-1  avia-builder-el-no-sibling '   itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><div class=\"avia-image-container-inner\"><div class=\"avia-image-overlay-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" class='wp-image-6723 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-6723 avia_image ' src=\"https:\/\/www.ecornel.com.tw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/DSCF8625-e1469598687473.jpg\" alt='' title='DSCF8625'  height=\"600\" width=\"800\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\"  \/><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-av_two_third-0aa7055fe62c3622faec82866afbaeb2\">\n.flex_column.av-av_two_third-0aa7055fe62c3622faec82866afbaeb2{\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\npadding:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='flex_column av-av_two_third-0aa7055fe62c3622faec82866afbaeb2 av_two_third  avia-builder-el-2  el_after_av_one_third  avia-builder-el-last  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding  '     ><p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-av_heading-449b6c467394c52d6b02bd26a9cf0773\">\n#top .av-special-heading.av-av_heading-449b6c467394c52d6b02bd26a9cf0773{\npadding-bottom:10px;\n}\nbody .av-special-heading.av-av_heading-449b6c467394c52d6b02bd26a9cf0773 .av-special-heading-tag .heading-char{\nfont-size:25px;\n}\n.av-special-heading.av-av_heading-449b6c467394c52d6b02bd26a9cf0773 .av-subheading{\nfont-size:15px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='av-special-heading av-av_heading-449b6c467394c52d6b02bd26a9cf0773 av-special-heading-h2  avia-builder-el-3  el_before_av_textblock  avia-builder-el-first '><h2 class='av-special-heading-tag '  itemprop=\"headline\"  >Pulling Up Or Dragging Down?<\/h2><div class=\"special-heading-border\"><div class=\"special-heading-inner-border\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-av_textblock-0366cc7376be6c9e82a3e9cc8987b64f '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>Recent news about English education caught my eyes. It was an announcement made by the government that it won\u2019t implement the policy which would require students take an<br \/>\nEnglish listening comprehension test before they enter college. After heatedly debating on this issue for months, the government gave in to people who strongly opposed the new policy. They argued that the new policy will widen the gap between the advanced English learners and the slowest learners. The government didn\u2019t want to be blamed for making this problem more serious, so they decided to stay in the same old evaluation method for another few years.<\/p>\n<p>I was not surprised to see this news, but I was quite worried that it was another setback in English education in Taiwan. Statistics have revealed that last year Taiwanese students\u2019 average TOFEL test score dropped to the last fourth place from the last sixth place in Asian countries. Since the world has become a village, English is the most widely used language. While other countries are improving their youngsters\u2019 English ability, our government\u2019s conservative attitude is negatively affecting our youngsters\u2019 ability to learn English. Generally speaking, our students are test-oriented. They only study for testing.<\/p>\n<p>Since the average English level in Taiwan is lower than most countries in Asia, and there is a huge gap between the students with an advanced English level and those at the lowest level, the authorities in English education were pressured to solve this problem. They suggested testing the listening comprehension in the hope that the students\u2019 communication skills can be improved.<\/p>\n<p>However, the opponents strongly voiced that the new policy shouldn\u2019t take effect. They argued that the test would be too challenging for the students whose family cannot support their studies. Instead, those opponents suggested that the students should learn how to read English textbooks but not to enhance listening comprehension skills. Their point is arguable because many professors in Taiwan have difficulty speaking English well but they have no difficulty reading English textbooks. The insufficient English oral ability hinders many of them from giving presentations in English at international conferences. It is a pity that they can hardly share their knowledge or research findings with the world.<\/p>\n<p>It is true that it is not fair for financially deprived students to take listening comprehension tests if they have no access to the resources. However, this problem can be easily solved if those students can get free resources from the government or charity organization.<\/p>\n<p>The government should not give up a good policy without even giving it a try. I am afraid that our young generation might lose the global competition to their counterparts in other countries if they cannot confidently use English. It is the government\u2019s responsibility to bring up all students\u2019 English level, but not to allow the slow learners to drag the average level down.<\/p>\n<p>Bih-Hua Chen<br \/>\nJuly 16, 2010<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/p><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":6723,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[122,123],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6759","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sharing","category-founder"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Pulling Up Or Dragging Down? - \u5eb7\u4e43\u723e\/\u5eb7\u723e\u5609\u570b\u969b\u5b78\u6821<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ecornel.com.tw\/en\/pulling-up-or-dragging-down\/\" class=\"yoast-seo-meta-tag\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" class=\"yoast-seo-meta-tag\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" class=\"yoast-seo-meta-tag\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Pulling Up Or Dragging Down? 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