Abstract
The study on the relationship between culture and higher education is an important subject. Some issues on higher education need to be discussed from the culture point of view. Higher education, especially the English learning of higher education was greatly influenced by the culture evolution in China. The development of English leaning of higher education in the earlier modern China has undergone tortuous change during the culture evolution, which was the result of the eastern and western cultural communication and amalgamation.
Culture and English education in the earlier modern China are dialectically interactive. The culture evolution which was caused by “the introduction of western learning into China” greatly changed the values, thinking way and psychological structure of the people, and then influenced every aspects of the English learning of higher education, such as English education ideology, system, teachers, curriculum, and teaching method.
The study of “the English learning of higher education in the earlier modern China” is on the basis of history as well as the combination of historical facts and discussion. It provides the condition, experiences as well as the lessons of the English learning of higher education in the earlier modern China. The history can reflect a lot of useful things, many practices of English leaning in the past are still very valuable in the modern times, such as pay attention to the translation practices, learn the language with the sciences, emphasize the impetus to the social development of the language learning.
Keywords English Learning; Westernization Movement; Culture evolution
Contents
Literature Review I
Abstract II
Contents III
1. Introduction 1
1.1 The ideas of study 1
1.2 The methods of study 2
2. Knowledge and understanding of the westernization movement 3
2.1 Spreading content of "Introduction of Western learning to the East" 3
2.2 Spreading subject of "Introduction of Western learning to the East" 4
2.3 Spreading methods of "Introduction of Western learning to the East" 4
3. The development of college English education during the westernization movement 6
3.1 The English education of Westernization school 6
3.1.1 The School of Combined Learning 6
3.1.2 Shanghai dialect 7
3.1.3 Guangdong Tong Wen Guan 7
3.2 The influence of the foreign language school 7
4. The impact of westernization movement on the development of English education at institutions of higher learning in our country 8
4.1 The macro influence of the modern English education 8
4.2 The microcosmic influence of modern English education 9
5. Conclusion 11
References 13
