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Information Engineering and Education Science – Zheng (Ed.)
© 2015 Taylor & Francis Group, London, ISBN 978-1-138-02655-1
English education for the young learners in China and Europe
J.L. Du & P.F. Yu
Guangdong University of Foreign Studies, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China
ABSTRACT: This article discusses about the strategy and policy on English education for the young
learners in China and Europe. ELT for very young learners is a double-edged sword. Before the establish-
ment of native language acquisition, alien system plays a competitive role. Chinese and English belong
to different families while many European languages belong to similar families. The competition between
Chinese and English is fiercer than one among European languages ...