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Indians to learn to speak Chinese|Society|chinadaily.com.cn
China and India will work together to promote the teaching of the Chinese language to Indian students.
Authorities from China and India
signed an agreement in Beijing on
Friday to strengthen cooperation in
teaching and training of Mandarin
Chinese.
The agreement is between Hanban,
the Chinese National Office for
Teaching Chinese as a Foreign
Language, and the Central Board of
Secondary Education under the Union Government of India.
The agreement will bring 300 Indian secondary school teachers to China to take a half-a-year intensive Mandarin-teaching training course in Chinese universities, including Peking University and Beijing Foreign Studies University.
Xu Lin, head of Hanban, said the office will cover training expenses for the teachers, including flights, tuition and living expenses in China.
She said five Chinese experts will go to India and cooperate with the CBSE to develop a Mandarin curriculum.
There is a growing desire to learn the Chinese language among Indians, as the two nations' increase cooperation in political, economical, cultural and
educational fields.
The CBSE has decided to include
Chinese in foreign language courses in secondary schools in 2011.
"CBSE already offers 10 foreign
languages to students, and Chinese
will be the 11th," said S. Jaishankar,
the Indian ambassador to China.
"Although there are no formal Chinese courses in Indian secondary schools, the signing of the Memorandum of
Understanding will be the foundation to start our cooperation," he said, adding he has great confidence it will be implemented in the near future.
Jaishankar said he believes that
learning Chinese will help India's next generation develop an in-depth understanding of all aspects of China.
A plan to work together to develop
the teaching of the Chinese language
in India, has been discussed many
times by the two countries in recent
years.
Yuan Guiren, the Chinese Minister of
Education, and Kapil Sibal, the Minister of Human Resource Development in
India, came to an agreement in 2010 to cooperate on Chinese teaching and learning, with the authorities providing support for teacher
exchange, training and textbook
development.
In 2011, Indian education delegates
visited Hanban to discuss the details of further cooperation. Hanban has
offered to help teacher development,
including training 300 Chinese
teachers for India, and providing 100 scholarships to Indian teachers
studying Chinese teaching in China.
Hanban has also promised to help
establish teaching plans and
evaluation standards, aiming to
provide teaching materials and
establish a cooperation system
between schools from China and India.
Xu from Hanban said India has a
comparatively poor base of Chinese
learning. There are two Confucius
Institutes in India but both suffer from
teacher shortages.
China and India will work together to promote the teaching of the Chinese language to Indian students.
Authorities from China and India
signed an agreement in Beijing on
Friday to strengthen cooperation in
teaching and training of Mandarin
Chinese.
The agreement is between Hanban,
the Chinese National Office for
Teaching Chinese as a Foreign
Language, and the Central Board of
Secondary Education under the Union Government of India.
The agreement will bring 300 Indian secondary school teachers to China to take a half-a-year intensive Mandarin-teaching training course in Chinese universities, including Peking University and Beijing Foreign Studies University.
Xu Lin, head of Hanban, said the office will cover training expenses for the teachers, including flights, tuition and living expenses in China.
She said five Chinese experts will go to India and cooperate with the CBSE to develop a Mandarin curriculum.
There is a growing desire to learn the Chinese language among Indians, as the two nations' increase cooperation in political, economical, cultural and
educational fields.
The CBSE has decided to include
Chinese in foreign language courses in secondary schools in 2011.
"CBSE already offers 10 foreign
languages to students, and Chinese
will be the 11th," said S. Jaishankar,
the Indian ambassador to China.
"Although there are no formal Chinese courses in Indian secondary schools, the signing of the Memorandum of
Understanding will be the foundation to start our cooperation," he said, adding he has great confidence it will be implemented in the near future.
Jaishankar said he believes that
learning Chinese will help India's next generation develop an in-depth understanding of all aspects of China.
A plan to work together to develop
the teaching of the Chinese language
in India, has been discussed many
times by the two countries in recent
years.
Yuan Guiren, the Chinese Minister of
Education, and Kapil Sibal, the Minister of Human Resource Development in
India, came to an agreement in 2010 to cooperate on Chinese teaching and learning, with the authorities providing support for teacher
exchange, training and textbook
development.
In 2011, Indian education delegates
visited Hanban to discuss the details of further cooperation. Hanban has
offered to help teacher development,
including training 300 Chinese
teachers for India, and providing 100 scholarships to Indian teachers
studying Chinese teaching in China.
Hanban has also promised to help
establish teaching plans and
evaluation standards, aiming to
provide teaching materials and
establish a cooperation system
between schools from China and India.
Xu from Hanban said India has a
comparatively poor base of Chinese
learning. There are two Confucius
Institutes in India but both suffer from
teacher shortages.
