First of all, I think the significance of learning modern Chinese is very significant and deserves our attention, not just as a course for Chinese majors. On the contrary, it is necessary for every college student to be exposed to this course. Modern Chinese, namely Mandarin, is the official language of China and one of the eight working languages of the United Nations. As China becomes more and more prosperous, more and more foreigners begin to learn Mandarin, and the international status of Mandarin is constantly improving. As China people, we have natural learning advantages, but some people's Putonghua is even worse than that of foreigners. What makes people feel sorry for this situation? Therefore, we should learn Mandarin well and speak it well. When we go abroad, we can also make our greatest contribution to the spread of China culture with fluent and standard Mandarin.
Secondly, learning modern Chinese well also has many unexpected benefits. For example, there is often an embarrassing situation now: mispronouncing names. With the improvement of people's education level, we will find that the names of contemporary people are becoming more and more complicated. When we accidentally mispronounce the names of classmates around us, it is not only embarrassing to ourselves, but also disrespectful to our classmates. If you enter the society, this situation also occurs in negotiations with leaders and customers, and the consequences may be more serious, from being scolded to losing your job.
And I think that learning modern Chinese will not only benefit us for life, but also benefit our future generations. When a child grows up in a standard Putonghua environment, his Putonghua level is naturally not worrying.
On the other hand, if a family is full of plastic Putonghua, it will also affect children's oral English.
To sum up, I think it is very necessary and beneficial to learn modern Chinese.