缅甸英语教育及对我国英语教育的启示

THE ENGLISH EDUCATION IN MYANMAR AND ITS INSPIRATION TO THE ENGLISH EDUCATION IN CHINA

缅甸属于英语扩展圈国家,缅甸英语是世界英语变体的一种,与标准英语差异较大,是缅甸人对外表达本土文化的必要工具,其历史追溯至英国对缅甸的殖民统治。随着民主化进程的发展和国际合作的加强,英语教育受到缅甸国内高度重视,各类英语教育齐头并进。这对于我国的英语教育有重要启示,在提高英语应用能力、利用英语弘扬中国文化的同时,还应尽量避免英语语言帝国主义的影响。

Myanmar is one of the countries in the English Extended Circle and Myanmar English is a variant of English in the world with big differences from standard English and is an essential tool used by Burmese to express their local culture to the outside world. Its history dates back to British colonial rule in Burma. With the development of democratization process in Myanmar and the deepening of international cooperation,English education is highly valued and various kinds of English education goes hand in hand,which is an important inspiration to the English education in China. While English proficiency is improved and the Chinese culture is carried forward by using English,the imperialist influence of the English language should be avoided.