按照教育部要求,2002年秋季各乡镇所在地小学尽快从小学开始普及英语课程,有条件的地方允许从小学一年级就开设。笔者走访了教育比较先进的南通地区部分农村小学,且通过网络了解了我国部分教育先进地区的部分农村小学英语课程的普及情况,并由此而引发一系列思考。一、存在问题1 In accordance with the requirements of the Ministry of Education, all primary and secondary schools in the townships and townships in the autumn of 2002 should begin to popularize English courses as soon as possible from primary school. Wherever the conditions permit, primary schools should be opened from the first grade. The author visited some rural primary schools in the more advanced education in Nantong area and learned about the popularization of some rural primary school English courses in some education advanced areas of our country through the network and caused a series of reflections. First, there are problems 1