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English fever

English fever noun: preoccupation or obsession with learning or promoting the learning of the English language.

Noun

English fever (uncountable)

  1. Preoccupation or obsession with learning or promoting the learning of the English language.
    • English fever = the overwhelming desire to (1) acquire English, (2) ensure that one's children acquire English, as a second or foreign language.2003 Stephen Krashen, "Dealing with English Fever," In: Selected Papers from the Twelfth International Symposium on English Teaching, English Teachers' Association/ROC, Taipei, Crane Publishing...
    • The relentless competition for learning English showed the tip of its monstrous image in the summer of 1991, when the government announced the plan to introduce English to elementary school grades by 1995. The news brought a huge typhoon of English, which swept the whole country into "English...2007 Jinkyu Park, "Korean Parents in 'English Fever' and Their 'early Study-abroad' Children in the United States: Parental Beliefs and Practices Concerning First Language Peers," Unpublished...

Questions about English fever

What does English fever mean?
English fever means preoccupation or obsession with learning or promoting the learning of the English language.
What part of speech is English fever?
English fever is a noun.

Words near English fever in the dictionary

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  4. English elms
  5. English English
  6. English fever
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  9. English Foxhound
  10. English garden
  11. English green

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