This template explains an in-depth analysis of the causes and characteristics of the evolution of English curriculum objectives in the compulsory education stage of China to know the role of English course objectives in English education comprehensively. The factors affecting the curriculum objectives in the compulsory education stage that are: first are the changes in the social demand for English. Second is the transformation from teaching to education. And the third is continuous improvement of the English discipline itself. And the evolution characteristics of course objectives that are: (1) basic knowledge and basic skills always have been emphasized; (2) the needs for cultivating students’ intercultural consciousness are increasingly prominent; (3) the emphasis on the instrumental value of English has shifted to the humanistic value of English.

Jiang Xinyan. An Analysis of the Causes and Characteristics of the Evolution of English Curriculum Objectives in the Compulsory Education Stage of China. Frontiers in Educational Research (2023) Vol. 6, Issue 31: 163-169. https://doi.org/10.25236/FER.2023.063129.

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