This study takes a political approach to English Language Teaching (ELT) in China. It was prompted by two parallel developments in China during the past twenty years or so：the expansion of ELT and changes in ideology. The study looks intothe hitherto scarcely explored political aspects of ELT and finds that ELT has significant impact on both the official ideology andthe people's belief system. It fills in a gap in the research of contemporary Chinese politics by revealing the political consequences and implications of ELT. Findings of the study onthe one hand de-mythologize the political innocuousness of ELT,and on the other hand throw light on the more general questions regarding the causes and process of ideological change.

ELT in China and Its Lily Pond Effect：An Introduction

Preface

Acknowledgements

Abbreviations

Chapter One

 Introduction：the Politics of English Language Teaching in China

 Research Problem

 Research Gap

 Rationale and Significance

 Methodology

 Alternative Approaches

 Organization of the Book

Chapter Two

 Literature Review：The Foreign Language Dilemma

 Introduction

 International Perspective

 Chinese Historical Perspective

 Chinese Pidgin English

 The Ti-Yong Formula

 The Chinglish Phenomenon

 Conclusion

Chapter Three

 Ideology and Ideological Changes

 Pure Ideology and Practical Ideology

 The Dialectic of Change

 Modifications：Alternative Approaches

 The Interaction between Formal Ideology and “Lived Ideology”

 The Foreign Language Dilemma in the Reform Era

Chapter Four

 The Ideological Functions of English-Language Textbooks

 Introduction

 Frame of Reference：Textbooks as Ideological Discourse

 Sources of Data

 Methodology

 Findings and Analyses

 Conclusion

Chapter Five

 The Shift of the Chinese Marxist Discourse of English Literature

 Introduction

 Ideology, Policy, and Policy Outcome

 History and the Persistent Presence of the Marxist Ideology

 The Case of D.H. Lawrence

 Conclusion：Ideological Change and the Role of ELT

Chapter Six

 The Trojan Horse of ELT

 Introduction

 The Case of the Voice of America

 The Case of George Orwell

 The Lily pond Effect

 The Mechanisms of the Trojan Horse

 ThePositivistic Discourse of ELT

 The Instrumental Approach to Foreign Language Teaching

 Marketization

 Conclusion：the Conflict-Without-Confrontation Model

Chapter Seven

 Conclusion：the Impact of ELT on Ideology

 A Summary of the Findings

 Momentums for ELT in the Future

 Further ELT Impact on Ideology

Appendix

Bibliography