The 2015 International Conference on Country-Specific Chinese Language Textbooks was co-hosted by Chongqing University, Amoy University and The University of Milan (Italy) in Chongqing from May 23 to 24. Experts and scholars of Chinese language education at home and aboard met in Chongqing to discuss the urgent issues including localization of international Chinese language education in different countries, teaching Chinese to specific groups, teacher training for effective teaching, and compiling appropriate textbooks.
In this conference, Prof. Liu Lening, Overseas Dean of SFL, was invited to give a keynote speech on “contrastive analysis between Chinese and foreign languages and compilation of country-specific Chinese Textbooks”. Dean Liu attached great importance to the application of the contrastive analysis between Chinese and the target language and analysis between Chinese culture and the target language culture to the textbook compilation.
Based on her own short-term empirical research on a task-based primary spoken Chinese textbook, Ms. Wang Xin analyzed the effect of the task-based teaching method adopted in oral Chinese teaching for beginners. Ms. Zeng Bo delivered a report entitled “How to Compile a Chinese Textbook for the Overseas Students of Science and Engineering”, sharing her teaching team’s practical exploration and reflection on teaching Chinese to students of science and engineering.
In the speech of “Compiling Principles for Textbooks of Chinese for Science and Technology”, Dr. Wang Junqi introduced Chinese Reading for General Science edited mainly by SFL teachers in the following aspects: compiling concept, practical value, readers’ comments and future research approach. Ms. Wang and Ms. Zeng, taking into consideration the international students of science and engineering, pointed out that the textbook will facilitate the students’ learning science and technology in Chinese. They introduced briefly the characteristics of words, grammar and style in Chinese for science and technology before they finally put forward some general academic principles. In addition, Dr. Wang Junqi presided over a parallel session on “compiling Chinese textbooks for specific groups”. The 2015 International Conference on Country-Specific Chinese Language Textbooks was co-hosted by Chongqing University, Amoy University and The University of Milan (Italy) in Chongqing from May 23 to 24. Experts and scholars of Chinese language education at home and aboard met in Chongqing to discuss the urgent issues including localization of international Chinese language education in different countries, teaching Chinese to specific groups, teacher training for effective teaching, and compiling appropriate textbooks.
In this conference, Prof. Liu Lening, Overseas Dean of SFL, was invited to give a keynote speech on “contrastive analysis between Chinese and foreign languages and compilation of country-specific Chinese Textbooks”. Dean Liu attached great importance to the application of the contrastive analysis between Chinese and the target language and analysis between Chinese culture and the target language culture to the textbook compilation.
Based on her own short-term empirical research on a task-based primary spoken Chinese textbook, Ms. Wang Xin analyzed the effect of the task-based teaching method adopted in oral Chinese teaching for beginners. Ms. Zeng Bo delivered a report entitled “How to Compile a Chinese Textbook for the Overseas Students of Science and Engineering”, sharing her teaching team’s practical exploration and reflection on teaching Chinese to students of science and engineering.
In the speech of “Compiling Principles for Textbooks of Chinese for Science and Technology”, Dr. Wang Junqi introduced Chinese Reading for General Science edited mainly by SFL teachers in the following aspects: compiling concept, practical value, readers’ comments and future research approach. Ms. Wang and Ms. Zeng, taking into consideration the international students of science and engineering, pointed out that the textbook will facilitate the students’ learning science and technology in Chinese. They introduced briefly the characteristics of words, grammar and style in Chinese for science and technology before they finally put forward some general academic principles. In addition, Dr. Wang Junqi presided over a parallel session on “compiling Chinese textbooks for specific groups”.