A Research On The Status Quo Of High School Students' Employment Of Lang. In Putian Municipality

With the recent social development, social lang. has been much enriched, which means its standardization is now confronted with austere challenges. Putian Municipality is situated in southeast coastal area and typically characteristic of local dialect so that its social lang. stands out in foreign languages and local dialect assimilation both in speed and in quantity. The schools, encircled by the general social surroundings, are inevitably affected by changes in social lang. Taking these into consideration, the article attempts to make clear the status quo of high school students' employment of lang., track down the causes of non-compliance with standardization, search for the solution and consequently promote standardization of lang.. in schools by means of questionnaires and field research.The survey indicates that the status quo of high school students' employment of lang. in Putian Municipality is by no means optimistic, with much non-conformity to standardization in phonetics, spelling, vocabulary, grammar as well as punctuation. It also shows that language surroundings play a pivotal part in high school students'employment of lang..To restore the situation as soon as possible, the author deems it a must to enforce the following proposals: 1, to create favorable surroundings as far as the standardization of social lang. is concerned; 2, to give prominence to lang. teaching; 3, to bring Chinese teachers' action into full play.