The UAE International Chinese Language Education Seminar was recently held online by video. The seminar is one of the series of activities of the 2021 International Chinese Language Education Exchange Week.Photo courtesy of Language Cooperation Center
Chinanews.com, Beijing, December 21. As one of the series of activities of the 2021 International Chinese Language Education Week, the UAE International Chinese Language Education Seminar was held online in a video format recently.
The seminar focused on the topics of “Exploration and Practice of the Localization of Chinese Education in the UAE” and “Research on Chinese Language Learners and Innovation of Chinese Teaching Models in the UAE”. Experts, scholars and project leaders from both China and UAE were invited to conduct in-depth exchanges, and strive to create a new Chinese language teaching in the UAE. Golden Age”.
Since the UAE announced the inclusion of Chinese in the national education system, with the support of the Chinese-foreign Language Exchange and Cooperation Center of the Ministry of Education of China (“Yuhe Center”), the Ministry of Education of the United Arab Emirates has successively released the Chinese curriculum syllabus for middle schools and completed the national Chinese curriculum framework for primary and secondary schools. Wait. Up to now, there are 143 public primary and secondary schools in the UAE offering Chinese courses, with more than 45,000 students. Chinese has become the most learned foreign language in the UAE besides English.
The seminar was hosted by the Language Cooperation Center and undertaken by East China Normal University. Ma Jianfei, Director of the Language Cooperation Center, Hamad Yahya, Assistant Deputy Director of the Ministry of Education and Director of the Curriculum and Evaluation Department of the UAE, and Gu Hongliang, Vice President of East China Normal University attended the seminar and delivered speeches.
Ma Jianfei pointed out that under the great attention of the Ministry of Education of the UAE and various colleges and universities at all levels, the enthusiasm of students from colleges, middle schools and primary schools in learning Chinese continues to rise and the results are fruitful. The “Hundred Schools Project” supported by the leaders of the two countries is in order. Advance, has developed into the “flagship project” of language exchange and cooperation between the two countries. The Language Cooperation Center will continue to uphold the concept of integrated development, and work with all parties to contribute to the development of Chinese education in the UAE and to contribute to the development of Chinese education in the UAE in terms of strengthening the construction of Chinese teachers, enriching the forms of Chinese education exchanges, and systematically developing multi-level teaching resources. Provide a demonstration of high-quality development.
Hamad said that the implementation of Chinese education programs in public schools is of great significance to the UAE. At present, Chinese courses cover all stages from kindergarten to university. By learning Chinese, students can expand their international horizons, improve their competitiveness, and achieve better career development. The Ministry of Education of the UAE will continue to encourage and support young people to learn Chinese, continue the friendly cooperation with the Language Integration Center, and work together to improve the evaluation system for teaching Chinese as a second foreign language, explore and innovate in practice, and share successful experiences with the world.
Gu Hongliang introduced East China Normal University as a base to support Chinese education in the UAE. It is supporting the construction of Chinese textbooks and teaching resources in the UAE, conducting local Chinese teacher training, undertaking the “Chinese Bridge” exchange group for primary and secondary school students, editing and publishing “For the Arab World” “Chinese Education” essays and other aspects have achieved results, and said that East China Normal University will actively play its due role in supporting the development of Chinese education in the UAE.
Fatima Bastaki, head of the Chinese language development program in the UAE, and Mohamed Mansouri, an expert in the scholarship program of the UAE government personnel department, introduced the practical experience of localization of Chinese teaching in the UAE from the aspects of teacher team construction, curriculum design, and scholarship settings; Hong Kong Ibrahim Hashim, a researcher at the University’s Asia Global Institute, emphasized the positive role of Chinese teaching in promoting mutual understanding between China and Afghanistan.
Li Shaoxian, Dean of the Chinese Academy of Arab Countries, made suggestions on how to further promote the high-quality development of Chinese education in Arab countries in terms of teaching materials, teachers, and services. Zhou Fang, leader of the Chinese expert group of the UAE “Hundred Schools Project”, Yin Liping, president of Dubai Chinese School, and Jin Limin, director of the Confucius Institute at Beijing Foreign Studies University, took the teaching practice of their respective units as examples to analyze their experience in exploring the Chinese teaching model in Afghanistan. , Put forward the idea of strengthening localization innovation in the future. Ding Anqi, deputy dean of the School of International Chinese Language and Culture of East China Normal University, focused on the local Chinese textbook “Crossing the Silk Road” tailored for the UAE. (Finish)Return to Sohu to see more
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