Meanwhile, the number of secondary schools offering Mandarin classes, besides compulsory English, has ballooned from 154 in 1993 to 831 last year, according to the Ministry of Education.

与此同时，从教育部得到的数字，提供汉语普通话课程的中学，强制开设英语课程的除外，从1993年的154所如同气球飞升般的达到了去年的831所。

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Today English is a compulsory course in Chinese universities, as well as in primary and secondary schools and is even taught in many kindergartens.

在中国，英语是大、中、小学的必修课，许多幼儿园也开设了英语课。

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This study combined engineering theory as a guide, focusing on secondary vocational schools, Tourism English curriculum development issues.

本研究以工学结合的理论为指导，主要关注中等职业学校旅游英语课程开发的问题。

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GCSEs in core subjects at secondary schools in England are being replaced by a new English Baccalaureate which will be awarded on the basis of a single end-of-term exam.

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In California, 59 percent of secondary school English learners were found to have been in U.S. schools for more than six years without reaching English proficiency, according to a study by Californians Together, a statewide coalition of parents, teachers and education advocates.

NPR: Instruction Of Students Learning English Bleak

Its report says teachers in some of England's secondary schools were guilty of "significantly" over-marking pupils' GCSE English work this summer in order to boost results.

BBC: GCSE English: Teachers' anger over generous marking claim