At present, the Ministry of Education's choice of English as a pilot subject for the reform of the education system has been thoroughly considered, and it is not a decision made by patting the brain.

As a tool discipline, there are many problems and disadvantages in English majors, and the biggest problem is that the major and the market are derailed, deviating from English learning itself, and the academic taste is too strong.

The market is in dire need of talents with excellent English proficiency, but English majors in colleges and universities are academic research that is detached from practical application, rather than focusing on improving the practical ability of English.

This tendency can be easily seen from the compulsory courses for English majors: English Literature, Linguistics, Translation... This leads to the fact that college English graduates are easily disconnected from the market and useless to learn.

And in the job market, it's not enough to just "speak good English".

Language itself is only the foundation, and the market's requirements for English talents are constantly refined and professionalized. At the beginning of the reform, you could just listen, speak, read and write, and you could directly translate and negotiate with customers. But now, there is no study and training in business translation, no solid basic knowledge of business, no common sense of cross-cultural communication, no comprehensive training in negotiation skills... Nothing, just good English, is not enough to stand out from the competition.

As a result, the reputation of English majors is deteriorating.

For universities, the bias towards academics is understandable and necessary, and if colleges and universities are all on the same level as money, it will stagnate culture, and even regress vulgarization. However, colleges and universities must solve the problem of students' employment, otherwise they will be irresponsible and misguided.

For students, employment and future prospects are the most important, and most of them never aim for academics. As soon as you enter the English major, you will be burdened with undue burdens, and the more you study, the further away you will be from your original direction.

This has led to a serious contradiction, and the Ministry of Education has held several internal meetings, but there is still no solution to both sides. Unless students can have a way to quickly improve their language proficiency, and then let colleges and universities and students travel lightly, academics belong to academics, and the market belongs to the market.

The Ministry of Education immediately selected English majors as a pilot to vigorously promote virtual learning methods.

Considering that the impact of the rash promotion is likely to cause mass unemployment among English practitioners, the Ministry of Education has left enough room for them to retain high-end market jobs, such as voice translation, English translation and writing, academic English studies, and so on.

In addition, the Ministry of Education issued a notice requiring major colleges and universities to do a good job in student placement, reduce the difficulty of double degree study in English majors, reduce tuition fees for students who delay graduation because of double degrees, allow freshman and sophomore students to change majors, and those who have graduated can obtain level 3 English learning qualifications for free... For university teachers, priority is given to the inclusion of virtual learning course research groups, and manpower is organized to write better courses.

However, by the end of 2016, the English training market alone had exceeded 70 billion, with tens of thousands of practitioners.

Approaching the Spring Festival, a notice from the Ministry of Education made relevant practitioners fall into an ice cave, and major English training institutions mourned all over the country.

The customer service of Xfu Education begged like a girlfriend who wanted to break up: "Can you think about it again?" No one has ever tried that virtual learning, so who knows if it will work or not, right? You also know that our faculty are top-notch, and we have more than 10 years of training experience in this industry, so we guarantee that you will be satisfied! No matter how good a machine is, it can't compare to a human teacher. ”

Yang Jianjun, who was opposite him, smiled, so that he wouldn't listen to your nonsense, and snorted coldly: "That's Chaoyou Electronics!" I have confidence in them, I won't take the course, give me a refund! It's better to learn from you in the virtual space, the tuition fee is only a few thousand yuan, and the most important thing is that you can go in and study when you sleep, which does not hinder your life, which is very convenient. Can you do it? MD, I need to take the subway for half an hour to come to your class, and it's troublesome! ”

The customer service was resentful and scolded the Ministry of Education in his heart, and cut off people's money like killing his parents, don't you adults understand this truth?

He reluctantly continued to persuade: "If it doesn't work, no matter how convenient it is, it's useless!" Mr. Yang, think about it again..."

Think of a chicken! Yang Jianjun waved his hand and said resolutely: "Don't think about it, return the money!" Refund! ”

...

Liu Jiemei, who was dressed as a noblewoman, left her daughter's tutor teacher behind, and said very politely: "Teacher Li, I'm sorry, my Xiaoyu won't learn English next month." I also know that you have been very attentive, so I don't need you to refund this month's tuition, I should thank you. ”

"I..."

Ms. Li's face was gloomy and she was extremely disappointed, this job was very important to her. I wanted to take advantage of the winter vacation to earn a living expenses, but I didn't even go back to my hometown, but I didn't expect to encounter a shocking change.

She bit her lip and struggled one last time: "Mother Liu, think about it again, right?" Although the Ministry of Education now says that they don't take English tests, no one knows if they will change their minds! English learning is continuous, and if you put it down now, it will be difficult to pick it up again in the future. ”

Liu's mother felt very uncomfortable, Teacher Li had taught her daughter for more than a year, quite conscientious, and said apologetically: "Although I said so, Mr. Li and my daughter are in the second year of high school, and there are many subjects to learn in addition to English, so I really don't have time to learn English... Besides, now you can go into the virtual space to learn English, you can learn it when you sleep, see the effect first, if it is not good, I promise, I will definitely find you again. ”

This can be done like this... Teacher Li not only resented the Ministry of Education in his heart, but also sighed: "Alas... All right. ”

...

A certain big V on Weibo taunted: "Your country is really good at playing, close the country!" I don't even take the English test, and everyone is blind when they go abroad! ”

This immediately attracted everyone to watch, and the market became lively.

"Capture the cents alive, stupid or not! It's not that you don't learn English, but now there is a way to learn English quickly, and you can learn it in a virtual space, and it's more efficient and less expensive. Two hundred yuan can cope with daily English conversations, read newspapers and watch American dramas, such a good thing, and actually spray... Gee. ”

"Even if it's an English teacher. Poor people, I'm unemployed for the New Year... Would you like someone to donate something to you? Five cents take it and get out. ”

"I didn't see the key upstairs, English is just the beginning, virtual learning is going to be turned upside down! Think about it, if your major can also learn like this, will you still be calm? Today's English teacher is your tomorrow. ”

"Mathematics Department, fearless."

"Physics Department, Fearless +1"

"Biology, Fearless +2"

"Nuclear Power Boiler, Fearless +3"

...

Virtual learning is a new thing, and it has a sense of existence before the New Year, but no one has tried it, and the core of public opinion is still on the cancellation of the English test in the college entrance examination.

At 12 o'clock on February 4th, Chaoyou Electronics officially announced the official opening of the virtual learning function, and as of 18 o'clock on the same day, the number of applicants exceeded 5 million!

Change is here.

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