A Literature Review on EFL Teaching and Curriculum Reform in Chinese Basic Education

Abstract

The paper updates the former literature review on EFL teaching development in China in a chronological way and also conducts a document analysis on the collected government documents of English language curricula in Chinese basic education. Both a descriptive presentation of main features of the curricula and an in-depth analysis of pedagogical influences in each EFL teaching period were conducted. Thus readers can get a general picture of the EFL teaching development in China and the English language curriculum reform in Chinese basic education, which can be informative for policy makers, EFL teachers and learners. Under the big setting of constant EFL curriculum reform, the EFL teachers are faced with challenges, which will also be addressed.