The Influence of Test-oriented Teaching on Chinese Students’ Long-term use of English

Abstract

With the increasing demand for communication between different parts of the world under globalization, English as a universal language for communication has been gradually attached to importance. However, China's exam-oriented education has a profound impact on English education. This study focuses on the effects of exam-oriented education on students' long-term English use. The overall goal is to explore the negative effects of exam-oriented English education on students' English use in higher education in China. This study adopts a quantitative method to research 600 university students located in the     Yangtze River Delta region of China.  The research was conducted in the form of questionnaires. SPSS analysis is adopted as a generic approach to organize and interpret the data. The results show that exam-oriented education has a negative impact on students' later daily use of English. The research findings could have implications for schools, policy, and globalization.