China Launches On-Line Chinese Teaching ProgramBeijing University of Language and Culture will start an on-line Chinese teaching program this month. The teachers will teach Chinese to students around the world via the Internet.Many countries have listed Chinese as a foreign language subject for college entrance examinations, and set teaching outlines for the Chinese language. China set up a group for teaching foreigners Chinese, and Chen Zhili, the minister of Education has taken office as the group leader. As the only Chinese university to provide on-line Chinese teaching programs and offer diplomas, the Beijing University of Language and Culture On-line Education College will offer two specialties, one is the Chinese language and the other, Chinese for business and trade. Experts pointed out that the opening of the on-line Chinese teaching program will provide more opportunities for people who want to study Chinese, as well as pushing forward Chinese teaching. Since China held the first national conference on teaching Chinese to foreigners in 1988, over 250,000 foreigners have come to China to study Chinese. Over 300 Chinese colleges and universities have received foreign students. |
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