China English teaching.

With the development of the Mandarin version of the Hope ESL Software Curriculum completed and waiting for release it is inspiring to note the need as mentioned below.

Internet Evangelism Day says that "English teaching is a major opportunity in virtually all non-English speaking countries, open or closed, and that such a ministry is significant as a witness tool in a world desperate to learn English." China has 300 million people learning the English language. The Asian Economic News, quoting from a 2001 Kyodo News International story entitled “Students in China start learning English from Grade 3” stated:
China's Ministry of Education has lowered as of September 2001 the age at which schoolchildren begin their study of English - from junior high school to the third year of elementary school. According to the report, “The ministry's program is to familiarize primary school children with English through songs and games in the third grade, and then boost listening comprehension in higher grades.”
According to the daily Guangming Ribao, however, secondary-school English is taught mostly by teachers whose academic training is not English. It added that practically no primary school teacher in China has mastered English in college. Source www.betterenglish.org.ph