全国政协委员、中国孔子学会副会长凌孜提出,幼儿园和小学是孩子学习的黄金期,应主要学习母语和中国传统文化,外语的学习可以放在中学以后。(《京华时报》3月7日)笔者赞同这个提议。对于英语教育,我们应该有一个客观认识,既不要盲目排斥,也不宜提倡搞超前教育,对于以功利为目的的英语教育,更应该反对。学生什么时候学英语才合适,目前尚无定论。有专家认为,孩子在幼儿时期学习语言的能力最强,因此应该提倡幼儿园时期就开始学习英语。但即便如 Lingzi, member of the CPPCC National Committee and vice chairman of the Confucius Institute in China, proposed that kindergartens and primary schools should be the golden age for children to study. They should mainly study mother tongue and Chinese traditional culture. Foreign language learning may be placed on secondary schools later. (“Beijing Times” March 7) I agree with this proposal. For English education, we should have an objective understanding that we should neither blindly exclude nor advocate advanced education, but should also oppose English education aimed at utilitarian purposes. When students learn English is appropriate, there is no conclusion. Some experts think that children have the strongest ability to learn the language in early childhood and should therefore start to learn English in kindergarten. But even if