Attitudinal Study On Cinese English

Cboese English is tIlc Englisl1 variety integrated into t11e social and culturalenvirolunents in Chala. It is tlle El1glisl1 lllade by tlle Clin1ese People (wllo llave grown up in aChina's social aild cultural backgroulld) li1 uslilg Ellglisll to express tisemselves, which isgreatly influellced by the special tlulthli1g llsodes of tlre People and tl1e styles of Mandarin inInan ways.Researchers, out of different purposes or interests, look at Chinese Englisli from variousangles. Wang Rongpei (l991), fOr instance, holds tha Chinese Ellglish is an objective redsy;Li Wenzhong (l993) and Ge Chuangui (l980), for another instance, POint out tha there is astriking difference betweell ClAna English ai1d Charese English; while Xie Zhijuan (1995) andZhang PeiGheng (l995) coIltend that CIinlese English is not a natiottal variety of English Asedlar view is froIn ClieIl Wencul1 (l999) wl1o argues tl1at it is umecessary to see ChineseEllglish as a regiOnal variety li1 China. However, mest of them tbcus ou its defmitiOns,characters and functions, leavlilg many otller asPects such as the status or treatopntUndiscussed. For Ulat mattef, tlils study specifically considers tlle attitudes tOward ChineseEnglish, and proPOses a "basic treatmellt" it deserves.- The PaPer beglils witll tlre develupllxllt ai1d expausiOll of tl1e English languagethrOughout the world, sununarines the actual situation of tise English in China and the study of- the English there, POints out tlw cochsiOns left behind tbe study, probes into the cognitive andsocinl accounts fOr its ratiollal cxistellce, and discusses tlre uational guarantee of its status.On the basis of the colnPreheusive fu1lctkins of the above mentioned factors, we tliinkthat Chinese El1glisl1 should enjoy a basic treatment which includes: first, Chinse Englishshould be leniently treated, sccolld, tlle ratiollal cxistcuce of Cltoese English should berecogwt and acGcpted; tlind, llcw inlguistic tlleory shOuld be introduced to the study ofChinese Ellglisll; fourth, Clinlese El1glisll is a1l hldispcnsabIe Ellglisll variety in intercu1turalconununicatiOns betweell Chala alld foreign comltries; ai1d finally, People should haveconddenCe in the bright future of Clforse El1glisltThe study is of mprtance eitl1cr to thc ul1derstanding and development of ChineseEnglish, to the study of language variety or to the guidance of English teaching in Chin.