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The Status Quo, Problems and Research Countermeasures of Teaching Chinese at Primary Schools in Thailand
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
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| Author | Qin, Ling |
| Copyright Year | 2018 |
| Abstract | In Thailand, with the in-depth and extensive implementation of teaching Chinese, an increasing number of elementary schools are offering Chinese course. This paper analyzes the Chinese learning characteristics of primary school students in Thailand, a special Chinese-learning group, the current status of teaching and problems in the syllabus and textbooks. And in view of the existing problems, this paper discusses countermeasures for teaching Chinese in a bid to provide certain reference for the in-depth implementation of teaching Chinese at primary schools in Bangkok and even in the entire Thailand. The Development of Teaching Chinese in Thailand In recent years, with the improvement of China’s comprehensive strength and the frequent exchanges between China and Thailand, the Thai government has gradually relaxed its Chinese education policy. The Thai Education Committee has incorporated Chinese language into the national education system. In 2016, it promulgated the “Strategic Plan to Promote Chinese Teaching and Enhance National Competitiveness”. In 2011, according to the incomplete statistics of the Ministry of Education of Thailand, the number of primary and secondary schools offering Chinese courses had reached 1,200. In 2012, Xu Lin, Director of Office of Chinese Language Council International, said at the joint meeting of the Confucius Institutes in Asia and Oceania: “At present, the number of students learning Chinese in Thailand has increased from 80,000 in 2003 to 800,000, and nearly 3,000 schools have Chinese courses.” Today, in Bangkok, the capital of Thailand, Chinese language courses have been set at all elementary schools, and more and more schools in other provinces have set Chinese courses. In addition, the Royal Thai Education Station has also launched Chinese TV teaching to benefit millions of primary school students across Thailand. Status Quo of Teaching Chinese at Primary Schools in Thailand Thailand was the first Asian country to incorporate Chinese into the national education system. Therefore, although the “Chinese fever” started late in Thailand, it has developed rapidly. Particularly, the teaching of Chinese language at primary school is a new force that has risen suddenly and spread across Thailand, but behind the blossom phenomenon, various problems have become gradually apparent, gradually attracting people’s attention. Students’ Learning Characteristics (1) Learning Purpose is Weak with a Lack of Initiative Compared with adults, primary school students are immature in their mental development and fail to establish a sound outlook on life and self-values. Their motives for learning Chinese are vague, their purpose is unclear, and they lack the lasting interest in and learning strategies for learning Chinese. They mostly learn Chinese passively: First, because the school has opened a Chinese class, there is no choice; Second, China-Thailand trade and cultural ties are increasingly close. Learning Chinese well can lead to better personal development in the future. Therefore, they are required by parents to learn Chinese. These reasons lead to their lack of conscious initiative in learning, and their enthusiasm for learning is not high. 8th International Conference on Management, Education and Information (MEICI 2018) Copyright © 2018, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/). Advances in Intelligent Systems Research, volume 163 |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| DOI | 10.2991/meici-18.2018.180 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://download.atlantis-press.com/article/55910151.pdf |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://doi.org/10.2991/meici-18.2018.180 |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
