Transcript How do Chinese children learn English?, by Joshua Wang aged 9

By Joshua Wang
Jan.29,2010
Beijing, China
Contents
 Introduction
3
 Methods
4-5
 Data Analysis
6-45
 Results
46-49
 Afterword
50
Method 1
 I completed the research by two ways: interview and
survey.
 In total I gathered sixteen cases, eight by interview
and eight by survey. Among the sixteen people, ten are
boys and six are girls. There are ten elementary
school students, four middle school students and two
adults.
 Almost all of my samples come from my friends and
classmates; only one sample comes from a stranger.
Part 1 The Survey Form
Part 2 The Interview Form
Graph 1
Learning English on a computer is
fun.
50% of people I surveyed like to learn
English on a computer because they think it
is fun. But at the same time 37.5% of people
have a different idea. I found out that they
are older than those who like learning
English on a computer.
Graph 7
Do you think that all Chinese
children should learn English?
The answers to this question were surprising. 50%
of the people I surveyed disagree that all Chinese
children should learn English. Maybe they think
that if all Chinese children learn English, too
many English teachers would be needed. In fact,
we don’t have enough English teachers in China,
especially in the countryside.
Results 1
The attitude to learning English

All the people I surveyed think that learning English is
important, and should be started when children are
young. However, 50% of people disagree that all
Chinese children should learn English.
Ways to learn English

Almost everybody thinks that solving real life problems
and group work is a good way to learn English .
Results 2
 50% of people like singing English songs and learning
English on a computer. But to more than half of the people,
making presentations, doing projects, and participating in
activities in English are unfamiliar.
How do Chinese children learn English now
 50% of people read English stories daily.
 More than half of people think that taking English classes
after school is necessary.
Result 3
 Usually, people use English in three situations: when
studying at school, doing English homework, and surfing
the Internet. They rarely use English when talking with
friends, doing work, or shopping.
 Most people like learning English by reading and
watching movies, but they don’t like memorizing English
words.
Afterword
It was amazing for me that finally I’ve completed this hard project.
I learned many skills of doing research: interviewing people, asking
people to fill in questionnaires, making presentations, and writing
data analysis papers. It also helps me to learn English.
Thanks
Thanks
Thanks
Thanks
Dr. Kathy for her teaching and kindness.
Louis and Jane, my teachers in Rise, for their help.
to Mom, I know how to write data analysis.
to Dad, I have the photos of myself doing research.
Now I know that working is hard but also happy!
Thank you for listening!