Characteristics and Limitations of English Language Teaching in China: Autoethnography of a Mainland-born English Learner and Teacher.

In this paper, I narrate the long process of my encounters with English language learning and teaching, manifesting characteristics of English teaching at different levels of schools in mainland China. After viewing the limitations of English teaching in mainland China from my fresh point of view as a UK visiting scholar, some suggestions are proposed for its improvement and development. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]