语言经济学视角下的公共英语教学效率研究

A Study of the Efficiency of College English Teaching from the Perspective of the Economics of Language

College English Teaching (CET) has suffered low efficiency from the perspective of the theory of cost-benefit analysis. Despite 30 years of the government's efforts， the CET reforms have failed. The major obstacle is that CET has oriented to language learning and liberal education rather than to the needs of society and students' disciplinary studies. Its test-orientation， devaluation of the instrumental role of English，following the curricular of English major and the wrong system of CET programs contribute to the low efficiency. Hence to improve efficiency， it is suggested that we should reorient our college English， abolish uniformed College English tests and return CET to the original purposes: to teach English for specific purposes.