num_pages: 20
description: In this paper, Dr. Gu Weixing contends that English teaching in China was begun and established in schools by missionaries. The paper includes two other short scholarly a discussion of the influence of Christian missions in China by Marika Vicziany, and an overview of the National Library of Australia's collection of Chinese documents from the London Missionary Society, by Andrew Gosling. This introductory paper will be useful to people interested in the history of English teaching and of Christian missions in China.
language: English
title: The Origin of English Language Teaching in China's Schools
titlecomplete: The Origin of English Language Teaching in China's Schools
publisher: Monash Asia Inst