In recent years, the world has set off? Chinese fever? . American? Chinese fever? Chinese has become the second largest foreign language in America. The British government proposes that the number of Chinese learners should reach 400,000 in 2020;
Russia will include Chinese in the national final examination system for the ninth grade of middle school next year;
Earlier, when former French President Jacques Chirac was in office, he encouraged French young people to learn Chinese.
At present, nearly 70 countries in the world have incorporated Chinese teaching into their own education systems, and the number of people learning Chinese worldwide has also climbed from nearly 30 million in 2004 to 654.38 billion.
For non-native speakers, Chinese with complex language system may be one of the most difficult languages to learn in the world. So, what are the reasons why more and more foreigners are keen on learning Chinese?
With the deepening of communication between China and other countries in the world, it is inevitable to deal with China people in many jobs. Speaking fluent Chinese means more and better job opportunities. From a practical point of view, many foreigners learn Chinese well just to increase their competitiveness.
This is the same reason that China people must learn English well if they want to work in a foreign company.
In new york, many private schools organize China Summer Camp every year, and many parents who are engaged in law, banking and trade sign up for their children early, because they are aware of the huge potential of the China market.
Since the beginning of this year, Britain has incorporated Chinese into the national education system. In London, the first bilingual school in Britain adopted the immersion teaching method in order to let children master Chinese better. Everything is in Chinese and Chinese: books and toys are in Chinese; Listening, speaking, reading, writing and playing games are all communicated in Chinese.
It must be said that in the minds of more and more foreign parents, learning Chinese will open a new door for their children's future in a certain sense.
And then what? Chinese fever? Behind the large-scale outbreak, not only foreigners pay attention to Chinese, but also the desire of the outside world to know more about China and join China? Friends circle? An anxious mood.
A survey report in the United States in 2005 showed that 70% of all middle school students in the United States studied Spanish, 20% studied French, and only 20,000 people studied Chinese, accounting for about one thousandth of the number of middle school students in the United States.
Last year, the number of American middle school students learning Chinese increased to 400,000, 20 times that of 2005. At the same time, in addition to promoting Chinese teaching, the Confucius Institute, which also promotes China culture, is also very popular in European and American countries.
As of last year, there were 109 Confucius Institutes and 348 Confucius classrooms in the United States. In Britain, 29 Confucius Institutes have been established, the largest number in Europe, and the cumulative number of students registered to learn Chinese has reached 6.5438+0.6 million, of which 20% are from overseas Chinese families, 20% are from foreign families who do not know Chinese at all, and the remaining 60% are mixed-race families.
In this way, the people who study Chinese are characterized by internationalization, and the importance that international families attach to China culture can also be seen.