| With the rapid development of Chinese economy, the cooperation and exchangesbetween Chinese and foreign cultural education has become increasingly widespread since theend of the20th century. More and more Chinese students choose to study in western countries.Meanwhile, developed countries such as Canada and the United States have set up overseasschools. Thereof, Dalian Maple Leaf International School, the first overseas School of BCProvince in Canada, is such an example.The major emphasis of this essay will be the feasibility of smooth convergence betweenBC high school in Canada and its high school settled in China in which level English teachingis applied in Grade10. This is the first case study in China. The writer has proved thefeasibility of this model by setting Dalian Maple Leaf International School as an example, bystudying the practice of localizing school courses (Intensive Level-based English teaching---Level-gender Segregated schools---changing year systems into semester systems), and bycomparing to another Canadian overseas high school---Chongqing Maple Leaf internationalSchool in which level English teaching is not applied. And then the writer elaborated on theMaple Leaf level English teaching mode and its safeguards. As for this model system, thisessay will show the content and core of the Maple Leaf English teaching mode by developingaspects such as classified standards, curriculum materials, teaching methods, performanceassessment, as well as consular systems.The essay first introduces the background and importance of level-based Englishteaching home and abroad,especially for Dalian Maple Leaf International School. The writerfocuses on proving the possibility of smooth convergence between BC high school in Canadaand its high school settled in China in which level-based English teaching is applied in Grade10based on the main theory applications in Maple Leaf English teaching system such ascommunication, social constructions, the second language acquisition and interaction. Then,through the experimental group and controlling one50students, the writer will go on toanalyze the collected data and text and come to a conclusion---an integration of Chinese andWestern is needed when western curriculum is set up in China; segregated gender schools caneffectively enhance students ’English level; and level-based English teaching promotes therecovery of the students’ sense of responsibility. The conclusion stage of this essay proves thatlevel-teaching can conduct with BC courses possibly and effectively. |