Seminar on Chinese Language Teaching for Malaysian International Schools

On Nov 4th and 5th, The 1st Seminar on Chinese Language Teaching for Malaysian International Schools co-organized by Kong Zi Institute University of Malaya and Confucius Institute of Nanyang Technological University, Singapore was held successfully. Four Mandarin teaching experts from Singapore and 137 teachers from 28 local international schools and 30 Chinese teaching organizations joint this seminar.

In past few years, with the increasing number of international schools, Mandarin teaching is getting more featured and important. How to get Chinese teaching in Malaysia access to the advanced level of international Chinese teaching, and how to enhance the communication between international schools in Malaysia and Singapore is the main topics of this seminar.

The seminar kicks off on Nov 4th, Chinese director Mr. Chen Zhong from Kong Zi Institute University of Malaya, director Dr. Liang Bingfu from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore delivered the opening speech respectively, and they hoped that during the spreading of Chinese language, splendid Chinese cultures can be inherited and promoted. Subsequently, four keynote speeches were presented by experts from Singapore on “Child Psychological Development and Bilingual Teaching Strategy”, “Differentiated Instruction in a Primary Chinese Classroom”, “Language Activity-based Communicative Testing for CL2 Learners”, “Huahao Yueyuan– Culture Extension in Language Teaching”. The wonderful speeches offered teachers the latest ideas and methods of Chinese language teaching.

A Roundtable with the theme of “Problems & Consideration on Mandarin Teaching in Malaysian international schools” was organized on Nov 5th. Teaching methods and experience were exchanged and shared by experts and local teachers. And the experts also proposed solutions for the problems from local teachers. The roundtable with a warm and friendly atmosphere, offered a platform that Mandarin teachers from international schools both in Malaysia and Singapore can get a better communication and understanding.

2017年11月4日和5日,在马来亚大学孔子学院成功举办了首届马来西亚国际学校汉语教学研讨会。此次研讨会由马来亚大学孔子学院和新加坡南洋理工大学孔子学院联合举办。研讨会组委会邀请了来自新加坡的四位国际汉语专家专程来马进行交流,另外共有137位来自当地28所国际学校及其他30所汉语培训机构的汉语教师参加了此次研讨会。

在过去几年中,马来西亚国际学校的数量不断增长,汉语教学往往是国际学校的特色和亮点。如何让马来西亚国际学校的汉语教学和国际汉语教学的先进水平更加接近,如何增强马来西亚和新加坡两国国际学校的交流?这是此次研讨会组委会主要希望探讨的问题。

研讨会分为两个部分,11月4日是主题报告。首先马来亚大学孔子学院院长陈忠先生及南洋理工大学孔子学院院长梁秉赋博士分别致辞,希望在汉语推广的过程中,优秀的中华文化能够得到传播和继承。随后四位专家分别做了有关《儿童心理发展及双语教学策略》、《小学国际汉语的差异化教学》、《基于语言活动的汉语第二语言交际性测试》及《花好月圆- 语言教学的文化延伸》的精彩演讲,为老师们介绍了当前国际上最新的教学理念。

11月5日为研讨会圆桌会议。圆桌会议的讨论议题是:当前马来西亚国际学校汉语教学的问题与思考。与会的老师们与专家们积极互动,纷纷说出自己教学中的困惑,提出问题同时也主动分享自己的教学经验。整个圆桌会议气氛热烈,为新马两国的国际汉语教学搭建了很好的交流平台。