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Where are we going and where have we been?

A response to ‘Back To basics’ (Zhou & Zha, this volume)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 August 2020

Ningyang Chen
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In their article, ‘Back to basics’, Zhou and Zha critique a ‘disheartening picture’ they found in my paper ‘The English major crisis in China’ (2019) and proposes an alternative view based on a model reform project. I will take the opportunity of this invitation to respond to reflect further on my study and the issue under debate.

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English Today , Volume 36 , Issue 4 , December 2020 , pp. 30 - 32
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Copyright © The Author(s), 2020. Published by Cambridge University Press

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