Crazy English

1. What is the best way of learning English? this is a typical non-traditional English learning example in China: crazy English. His method is basically “To shout out loud, you learn”, he believes that learning English with movement and shouting can improve pronunciation because people can hear their voices.  In the two decades since he began teaching, at age nineteen, he has appeared before millions of Chinese adults and children. However, his method neglects the sociocultural context. All students need to do is follow him and read loud in the notion of “practice makes perfect”.  Why do people choose this way to learn English? Is it necessary to emerge into a target language culture? 

2. Is he an educator? He routinely teaches in arenas, to classes of ten thousand people or more. Some fans travel for days to see him, in this sense, he is more than a super star rather a teacher. From the picture, Li is more like a leader, leader of a huge business- English learning. “Li showed no aptitude for languages during his childhood, and in his early youth he was so introverted that he was afraid to talk to strangers or go to the cinema alone. In university, at first he busied himself with books full of exercises, like all his classmates, but one day he found that his study effectiveness was much improved when he read the text out loud. By enunciating what he was learning, he felt more confident and courageous, and furthermore, that he could focus his attention more closely on studying and therefore have a clearer memory of what he had learned. This success inspired Li Yang.” (China Today) Li gives all students in China a strong faith: no matter who you are today, you can achieve success and you can speak perfect English.

3. He is also a successful non-native English language teacher without any learning experience out of China. He knows what people needs, he knows the struggles Chinese students have, he also knows the whole situation of English learning in China. Although native English teachers are priviledged, from the picture, we can tell that Li as a founder ,as well as teacher, has more power and influence to the English learning in China.