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Table 1 National curricula for English language education in China

From: Developing the China Standards of English: challenges at macropolitical and micropolitical levels

Educational stage

Curriculum

Elementary & junior secondary

English Curriculum of Basic Education, MOE, P. R. China (2012)

Senior secondary

English Curriculum of Senior Secondary Education, MOE, P. R. China (2003)

Secondary vocational

Secondary Vocational English Curriculum Requirements, MOE, P. R. China (2009)

Vocational

Vocational English Curriculum Requirements, Department of Higher Education, MOE, P. R. China (2000)

Undergraduate (non-English major)

College English Curriculum Requirements, Department of Higher Education, MOE, P. R. China (2007)

Undergraduate (English major)

English Major Curriculum Requirements, Advisory Committee of College Foreign Language Education (English Group), MOE, P. R. China (2000)

Graduate (non-English major)

Graduate School English Teaching Syllabus for Non-English Majors, Editing Group of Graduate School English Teaching Syllabus for Non-English Majors (1993)

  1. Note. Detailed references of each curriculum are provided in References. MOE: Ministry of Education