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Volunteer Teachers to Advance English-Learning Fervor in Beijing
Some 30 people in Beijing have passed strict examination and become the first group of volunteer English teachers to help local citizens to improve their oral English.
The 30 teachers were chosen from more than 200 local candidates, including professional English teachers, students who have returned from overseas universities, employees in joint-ventures, and college students.
Beijing initiated a five-year training program in August last year, which will enable people with middle-school education to communicate in simple English.
The public English-learning wave is sweeping over the city and Beijingers have become more enthusiastic than ever about learning the language.
Foreigners to Beijing will no longer be astonished when greeted cordially in English by Taxi drivers, police and even elderly people on the street. From government employees to housewives, Beijingers feel proud to be able to speak English, which they consider important in building Beijing into an international city.
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