| With constant elevation of China's position in the
world, foreigners' desire to study Chinese language, to
know China and promote exchange with China has grown stronger
and stronger. The "Chinese language fever" has
kept on escalating globally. There are 30 million foreigners
who study the Chinese language in the world. About 2,
300 universities in more than 100 countries around the
world offer Chinese language courses. The Chinese language
has entered classroom in primary and high schools in the
US, the UK, Japan and ROK. A total of 370,000 foreigners
have taken the HSK (Chinese Proficiency Test) in these
years, sources from the symposium "Teaching Chinese
as a foreign language in the new era" say.
Hailed as the second largest language by experts, the
Chinese language has witnessed the fastest growth in
learners. The China National Office for Teaching Chinese
as a Foreign Language has carried out a five-year "Chinese
language bridge program", which aims to promote
the Chinese language in the world. Confucius Colleges
will be established around the world to promote teaching
of the Chinese language in major regions. China now
has 330 universities that offer Chinese teaching for
foreigners. Courses of Chinese language and culture
have been provided in more than 500 high schools in
the US. China and the US are working together on a "network
language teaching program" and "the Great
Wall Chinese language" teaching mode. Next year
the world Chinese Language Conference will be held in
Beijing.
The three-day symposium "Teaching Chinese as a
foreign language in the new era" is held by the
China National Office for Teaching Chinese as a Foreign
Language and cosponsored by the Harvard University,
Columbia University, the Nankai University and Beijing
Language and Culture University.
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