SPEAKER: Chen Lin, Professor of Beijing Foreign Studies University, Coordinator of National English Curriculum Standard Development Expert Group, Ministry of Education.

演讲嘉宾：陈琳，北京外国语大学教授，教育部“国家英语课程标准”研制专家组组长。

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With the new National English Curriculum Standards (NECS) for Full-time Compulsory Education and Common Senior Middle School issued in 2001, English course is offered and popularized at primary stage.

随着2001年新《英语课程标准》（实验稿）（全日制义务教育）的颁布实施，英语课程在小学阶段全面普及。

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Regulations were loosened, allowing Indonesian children to attend private schools that did not follow the national curriculum, but offered English.

松散的管理允许印尼儿童到私立学校读书。 而私立学校并不遵循国立课程，而是教授英语。

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But the government says it is already a compulsory National Curriculum subject and the English Baccalaureate is to encourage more students to take up geography and history in addition to RE - not instead of it.

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The introduction of the National Curriculum in the 1980s meant that all young people studied English, Maths and Science up to the age of 16.

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