Fellow Esl teachers in China theater:

Since 2004, I found in Xi'an an astonishing fact, that has been some teachers don't write English alphabets the same regular ways as the western teachers do. We teachers in Canada, Britain and the U.S. usually teach students write Printing, capitals and smalls and Cursive capitals and small; but some teachers in China wrote Capital G looked like A in cursive small, (sorry I couldn't find an equivalent fonts to denote the mistaken ones). And most of all, they don't teach the cursive Capitals, and some irregular way in F and P.

Have anyone of you brought in this country and taught them to write like that? If not, please check one of the Junior Hight first year English book and check.

The following are some of letters I wrote to the publisher and their answers.

各位先生和女士:
我是一个从加拿大应聘来中国教英语会话的老师,在国内已有七年的经验.

年前,我在陕西阎良的西飞二中发现有老师在学生作业薄上签好( Good! )字时,其第一个大写字母G像手写A字.为了不要误导学生,我告诉当时该级的首席老师,他不认为错.我也不便纠正他.
今我又应聘到四川泸县二中来,在收到教材后, 发现也有同样的错誤,而且还不少.经询问同事,他们说这书已用了三年,有的同事也承认他也是如此地错写了.这就可是一件几乎影响很多学生界的大事.我向有关人员报告,他们也未置如何.
我现在的学校, 泸县二中, 乃是被评为最优中学之一.三年来没人发现这错误,实在是不可思议的事.也可见我国在英语教学上的盲区.左思右想,不知应该向谁说.特来信请你们来看看有什么法子.
由于电脑可用字体(fonts)有限,这里无法详细表现说明.下面,仅将这书的资料告诉你们,请在北京市面找来参考.

经全国中小学教材審定委员会2002年初審通过

义务教育课程标准实验教科书
英语
(新目标)
Go for it!
STUDENTS’ BOOK
七年级 上册
(中国) 课程教材研究所

英语教材研究开发中心 合编

(美国) 汤姆森学习出版集团

人民教育出版社

ISBN7-107-16529-1 G.9618 (课) 定价: 12.35元

这是本蓝色封面的书, 约一公分厚. 里面印的字也不规范. 例如:
1. 在 Starter.Unit 1. Good morning! 第二叶中, 2a, 第三行手写的大写(Capital)就不是英.美的正规写法,
2. 其次, 2a其中的大写G就写得象手写A的小写; 而手写小写的F则用了音乐谱中的forte 的写法,皆与封面上Go for it! 中的G 和 f 有别.
3. 2d第二行的大写G也是写来看象A的小写.
4. 第八页2a 的第四行中,小写的P也不规范.

从以上所列,可以说该书名为 (美国) 汤姆森学习出版集团,实际是非英语国家人士所作.
今日是教师节,见到贵台对教育的重视, 我人微言轻,相信你们的呼吁,必定会对这样的草率印刷品有所改进. 谢谢!
我的地址是:四川省泸州县富集镇泸县第二中学七楼3-2号,
电话: 0830-8180645.

Subject: ??:
Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2005 18:36:33 +0800
From: "Ma, Caroline" <Caroline.Ma@thomson.com> Add to Address Book Add Mobile Alert
To: chunpingwu2001@yahoo.com

Dear Mr. Wu,

Thank you for your kind feedback and we will definitely correct and improve the quality. Could you please send the attachment to me again because I can not read your email as below?
Best regards,
Caroline
Caroline Ma
Senior Account Manager
Thomson Learning Beijing Office
Tel: 010-82862096 ext. 208
Fax: 010-82862089
caroline.ma@thomson.com
www.heinle.com; www.thomsonlearningasia.com

Subject: Teacher's letter
Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2005 16:01:18 +0800
From: "Ma, Caroline" <Caroline.Ma@thomson.com> Add to Address Book
To: chunpingwu2001@yahoo.com
CC: zhangyj@pep.com.cn, luxq@pep.com.cn, zhll20@yahoo.com.cn, haima7978@sohu.com, "Robinson, Andrew" <Andrew.Robinson@thomson.com>

Dear Mr. Wu,
The book mentioned in your email is adapted from Thomson Learning’s English series: Go for it! But the starter units were written by Chinese authors. The fonts in the starter units may be confusing for some of the teachers. We appreciate your feedback very much. I’m copying this email to the editors at People’s Education Press and the editor at Thomson Learning Asia. I think they will consider your comments and make revision for next year printing. Thanks again for your contribution.
Editors: Could you get back to Mr. Wu? Tks.
Best regards,
Caroline

haima7978@sohu.com wrote:
吴老师，
您好！我是人民教育出版社外语分社的编辑，受到了您反映我们教材字母拼写的信件，特此回信。首先向感谢您对我们教材的关注，同时也感谢您对我们教育的关注。
您反映的字母拼写的问题，我们几位编辑仔细核查并咨询了专家。我们书中的字母拼写是沿袭了人教版英语教材一直以来的拼写方式，我们的专家对这样的拼写并没有异议。但是我们会慎重对待您的意见，多咨询一些国内外专家，然后再给您答复。再次感谢您的来信！祝中秋节愉快！

敬启者:(先生/女士)：
因为来信没有签名,不得已如此称呼您,请原谅.
首先,关于你们出版的初一英语教材â€