International Chinese Language Teaching in the Post-Pandemic Era: Searching for More Possibilities, Enhancing International Cooperation

Chen LIU

Abstract


The sudden outbreak of the world-wide pandemic has greatly influenced the way that foreign language classes are organized and presented in different countries all over the world, including that of the international Chinese language classes, namely, those for teaching Chinese to speakers of other languages. Except for frustrations and difficulties, new challenges in the post-pandemic era also bring us more opportunities for innovation and development. When it comes to international Chinese language teaching, more possibilities for further progress could be searched from the perspectives of teaching materials, teaching processes and teachers’ professional development based on further enhancement of win-win cooperations between China and the countries where Chinese language is taught.


Keywords


International Chinese language teaching; International cooperation; Teaching materials; Teaching processes; Teachers’ professional development

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