Program overview
International Chinese Language Education (graduate level) mainly studies how to teach Chinese to foreigners and how to spread Chinese culture. The courses are practical, such as Chinese linguistics, second language acquisition, teaching Chinese as a foreign language methodology, cross-cultural communication, educational psychology, etc. You will also learn how to design lesson plans, use multimedia to teach Chinese, and handle cultural conflicts in the classroom. Many Chinese universities have practice bases for teaching international students, such as Beijing Language and Culture University and East China Normal University, where you can practice in real classrooms teaching students from all over the world. This major is suitable for those who like Chinese, have patience, and are interested in cross-cultural communication—if you find chatting with people from different cultural backgrounds fun, then this is for you.