It is generally acknowledged that English plays the important role of a cultural mediator in the trend of globalization.For many Chinese college students,the systematic study of English at schools provides them with an opportunity to gain access to the Western ideology that is often associated with the language.How and to what degree does the learning of English affect young people's values and attitudes toward life? In what way does it help to(re)shape young people's modern identity? How do young people perceive themselves and the world in which they live? A careful study on these questions will be conducted on the basis of a questionnaire distributed to 400-odd college students at Guangdong University of Foreign Studies(English majors and non-English majors inclusive).It is hoped to find out how the Chinese youth react to cultural globalization and how Englishization affects the lives of Chinese college students.
