—"What major are you studying?"
—"International Chinese Education ."
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—"…"
—"Uh...that is, teach foreigners Chinese."
As an undergraduate major in the Chinese international education major, such conversations have occurred countless times in my social activities. For those who first heard about this professional name, they can only have a question mark, not only because it is new, but more because it is so fancy.
Let’s first disassemble:
“Chinese”—Chinese language and literature related
“International”—foreign language related
“Education”—education related
So what category does it belong to? It seems that the official has not figured it out.
Undergraduate degree program belongs to the literature category, and graduate students belong to the education category. In September this year, the "Catalogue of Subjects and Majors of Graduate Education (2022)" was officially released to the public by the State Council Academic Degrees Committee and the Ministry of Education to the public, the name of the graduate major was renamed to "International Chinese Education". Is
very fragmented?
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Undergraduate Education
really immature.
training program:
The training program of each school varies greatly.
Take three universities with major ratings A+ ( Nanjing University , Beijing Language University , East China Normal University ) for example. In terms of training goals, Nanjing University emphasizes language and writing basics and bilingual abilities; Beijing Language and Culture University emphasizes teaching skills more; East China Normal University focuses on knowledge and cross-cultural exchange abilities in Chinese and foreign cultures.
[Niu Yangyang. Comparison of undergraduate training programs for Chinese international education in three key universities [J]. Cultural and Educational Materials, 2018(13):111-112.]
The difference in training goals naturally leads to a very different curriculum settings in each school.
Undergraduate courses in the major of international education in Chinese are mainly composed of the following categories -
Basic courses in language and philology Mainly include: Introduction to Linguistics, Modern Chinese , Ancient Chinese ;
Literary and cultural courses mainly include: (Chinese)History of foreign literature, general theory of Chinese culture, Western culture, etc. ;
Courses for cultivating bilingual skills mainly include: English intensive reading, English audio-visual speaking, second foreign languages, etc. ;
cross-cultural communication course mainly include: Introduction to cross-cultural communication, Introduction to Chinese character communication, etc. ;
Education courses Mainly include: Educational principles, educational psychology, introduction to international Chinese education, etc. .
In addition, there are calligraphy, paper cutting, folk music, tea art, Chinese studies, etc. Chinese talent elective course . How to arrange and combine
depends entirely on their respective schools. The training target positioning of some schools is inaccurate, which will also lead to the training plan being changed every year. Teachers are not familiar with the new curriculum, and students can only become "villains".
In fact, the opening of the Chinese international education major is ultimately for to cultivate bilingual, cross-cultural, complex, and practical professional talents. There is no problem with this .But this means that after just four years of undergraduate education, students need to have a foundation in Chinese language and literature + more than two language abilities + cross-cultural communication skills + teaching abilities , and may also have to master several outstanding Chinese talents, which is almost impossible.
The final result is often nothing.
Internship Opportunities:
The target talents trained by the Chinese international education major are very strongly practical and applicable . This means that students not only need to receive professional theoretical education in college, but also need rich practical opportunities. But the problem is that unlike other majors, the internships in the Chinese international education major rely on school resources. universities either have international colleges that specialize in recruiting international students, or they have to have a cooperative construction of Confucius Institutes . Unfortunately, most schools that currently open this major do not meet any requirements.
Some people who know some things may say: You can apply for Chinese education volunteers.
Chinese teacher volunteer application conditions:
Chinese teacher volunteers are mainly selected from undergraduate or above fresh graduates , graduate students, and in-service teachers. The major is not limited. Those with the "International Chinese Teacher Certificate" who master the Chinese language will be given priority.
Yes.
However, when you become a person in the game, you will find that few undergraduate graduates can successfully apply.
So, if you want to apply for Chinese education volunteers, you must at least go to graduate school.
Speaking of this, we have to talk about the graduation destination of undergraduate students in international Chinese education.
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graduate to
Postgraduate entrance examination:
Just mentioned that it is best for volunteers to apply for Chinese education to be graduate students. In addition, graduates with volunteer experience also have a better chance of being hired as public teachers by the State Han Office, so For students who want to continue to move forward in this major, the postgraduate entrance examination is almost the only choice.
. For students who do not intend to engage in Chinese education in the future and are only interested in Chinese language and literature, they may also choose to take the postgraduate entrance examination. But the reality is that the undergraduate degree of belongs to the category of Chinese language and literature, but students majoring in Chinese International Education have far less advantages than those of Chinese language and literature. When tutors screen students, they will inevitably wear tinted glasses (although this is very likely to be a fact) to make a judgment. What makes students of this major even more helpless is that if the roles are changed, undergraduate students of Chinese language and literature will easily be favored by graduate supervisors of Chinese international education.
civil examination editor:
Now everyone is saying: "Compilation is the end of the universe." But it is not easy for students majoring in Chinese International Education to reach this end.
You may have finally made up your mind to join the Book King Army, but when you open the attachment to the recruitment announcement, you find that you can't find your professional name in the qualification requirements.
(Except for international Chinese education, all majors in Chinese language and literature have been listed)
The next step is to be the one who can't move the volume. First of all, you don't even have the qualification to do it.
Employment:
only talks about corresponding employment. The corresponding jobs of Chinese international education include:
Foreign - National Chinese Office-sponsored teachers, foreign primary and secondary school Chinese teachers
Domestic - International school Chinese teachers, Chinese teachers in ordinary primary and secondary schools or other educational institutions
However, once a limited condition for "undergraduate students" is added, you will find that the road is almost blocked.
First of all,
The main recruitment targets of the National Chinese Office include: teachers from domestic universities, primary and secondary schools, as well as volunteers of previous Chinese teachers who have returned to China, and staff from other educational institutions with the Ministry of Education's "Teacher Qualification Certificate".
fresh undergraduate graduates can neither be teachers nor volunteers, pass
Secondly, the premise for staying abroad to teach for a long time is that you have taught locally, pass
Let’s talk about the country. The domestic market for Chinese teaching is very small. How many international schools are there in the country, let alone all of them are in super first-tier cities.
If you apply for a Chinese teacher in an ordinary school, the " double reduction " policy, high education requirements and saturated demand for employment restrictions on Chinese language and literature students will also affect students in Chinese international education majors. What's more, compared with Chinese language and literature majors, it has more advantages.
Chinese International Education major was shown a red card this year by the Ministry of Education.
A major whose development is still in an upward period, but its employment prospects are on the decline, so why don’t people worry?
In addition to being affected by the epidemic, the imbalance in supply and demand of talents has become a big problem. Currently, there are more than 200 colleges and universities in my country that offer this major, but as mentioned earlier, if you want to run this major well, especially relying on the school's ability, the chaotic curriculum design, weak faculty, and inability to keep up with the school platform are problems in many schools, resulting in the results of students' four years of education that are "learning everything, but not knowing anything."
In fact, on a global scale, the demand for Chinese learning can indeed reach hundreds of millions, but what the market really needs is high-quality international Chinese teachers. The high standards of demand and the low quality of supply must be a contradiction.
Moreover, from the professional related courses mentioned above, we can also see how broad the knowledge base an international Chinese teacher needs. Even if it is a perfect undergraduate education, it will not be able to cultivate the standards of market demand in 4 years.
So, if you want to eat the bowl of international Chinese teachers, you will definitely not be able to do without further studies.
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matched people in Chinese international education major:
, willing to study for graduate school/doctoral
, can be admitted to the top school in subjects
, accept work abroad
, love international Chinese education
