Chinese international education is an undergraduate major in colleges and universities, and it belongs to language and literature major in China. This major not only cultivates systematic and solid theoretical knowledge and skills of Chinese language and literature, but also has the theory of cross-cultural communication, at the same time, it has high humanistic quality and rich knowledge of related disciplines.
Application-oriented professionals who can carry out bilingual communication and teaching, have a comprehensive understanding of China literature, China culture and cultural exchanges between China and foreign countries, and can engage in teaching Chinese as a foreign language and cultural exchanges between China and foreign countries in relevant ministries, schools, press and publication, cultural management and enterprises and institutions at home and abroad.
Chinese international education majors can teach Chinese as a foreign language in overseas educational institutions, teach Chinese in primary and secondary schools and educational institutions, and engage in new media editing in media and publishing enterprises and institutions.
Chinese international education mainly studies the basic theories and knowledge of Chinese and linguistics, international literature, China culture and cross-cultural communication. To cultivate teaching skills, cultural communication skills and cross-cultural communication ability of Chinese as a second language, carry out Chinese teaching and language and cultural exchanges at home and abroad, and serve overseas educational institutions, foreign trade institutions, news publishing units, etc.
The main courses are as follows:
Chinese international education mainly includes basic English, English writing, English-Chinese translation, modern Chinese, ancient Chinese, western culture and etiquette, overseas sinology research, China literature, foreign literature, and an introduction to teaching Chinese as a foreign language. Some colleges and universities cultivate professional directions: bilingual Chinese and English, business Chinese.
These institutions are as follows:
Nanjing University, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan University, Sun Yat-sen University, Beijing Normal University, Sichuan University, Nankai University, Shandong University, East China Normal University, Suzhou University, Lanzhou University, university of international business and economics, Huazhong Normal University, Shanghai University, Jinan University, Nanjing Normal University, Wuhan University of Technology, Southwest Jiaotong University, Northeast Normal University and so on.