Reflects on problems facing Radio and Television Universities in China, including limitation of television transmission time (although this could become less significant with planned development of multimedia learning package use); course content; cost effectiveness; and graduate employment prospects. Recent developments due to internal and…

Describes development of the Central Broadcasting Television University of China and, in particular, a course to teach English as a second language. Technical problems of producing television programs and how some of the pedagogical, idealogical, and cultural issues concerning this English course are gradually being resolved are discussed. (EAO)