{"id":14700,"date":"2007-09-17T22:59:01","date_gmt":"2007-09-18T05:59:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2007\/09\/17\/has-crazy-english-gone-crazy-bob-chen\/"},"modified":"2007-09-17T22:59:01","modified_gmt":"2007-09-18T05:59:01","slug":"has-crazy-english-gone-crazy-bob-chen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2007\/09\/has-crazy-english-gone-crazy-bob-chen\/","title":{"rendered":"Has Crazy English Gone Crazy? &#8211; Bob Chen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/mt-old\/_wp-content_uploads_2007_09_kneel-down.jpg\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/_wp-content_uploads_2007_09_kneel-down.jpg','popup','width=450,height=301,scrollbars=no,resizable=yes,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=yes,left=0,top=0');return false\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/mt-old\/_wp-content_uploads_2007_09_kneel-down-tm.jpg\" height=\"280\" width=\"418\" border=\"1\" hspace=\"4\" vspace=\"4\" alt=\" Wp-Content Uploads 2007 09 Kneel-Down\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>From The Global Voices Online:<br \/>\n\n<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Crazy_English\" target=\"_blank\">Crazy English<\/a> is a private education agency in which the founder Li Yang advocates a new method to study English; namely, to shout out antiquated English phrases and seize every chance to approach an English speaker for a conversation, all for sweeping the shyness away. Learners should scream deafening English out with all their strength. It has study centers all over China, and is so well-known that millions of English learners have taken its courses in less than a decade since its inception. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.globalvoicesonline.org\/2007\/09\/17\/china-has-crazy-english-gone-crazy\/\">[Full Text]<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From The Global Voices Online: Crazy English is a private education agency in which the founder Li Yang advocates a new method to study English; namely, to shout out antiquated English phrases and seize every chance to approach an English speaker for a conversation, all for sweeping the shyness away. 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