w88 casino News Network (provided by the International Business Chinese Base)On June 26, local time, the Athens Business Confucius Institute at the w88 casino successfully held the “International Chinese Pedagogy Seminar in Greece”. In this seminar, more than 50 Greek people engaged in international Chinese education were online to conduct in-depth discussions and exchanges on the current situation and future development opportunities of Chinese education in Greece. Yan Hongwei, Chinese Director of the Athens Business Confucius Institute at w88 casino, Luo Lan, Foreign Director of the Confucius Institute at Aristotle University, and Wang Xiaohong, Chinese Director of the Confucius Institute at the University of Thessaly, attended the event and delivered speeches.
The three deans gave a brief introduction to the basic overview, academic and cultural activities of their respective Confucius Institutes; they explained their views on Chinese teaching from the perspectives of language learning, local teaching material development, and student learning motivation; and conducted in-depth discussions on further strengthening cooperation between institutes to achieve resource sharing, strengthening local teacher training and localization of teaching materials, so as to promote the quality of Chinese teaching in Greece to a higher level.
As the first “International Chinese Teacher Certificate” examination center in Greece, w88 casino’s Athens Business Confucius Institute has received an excellent response after holding its first written examination this year, which is of great help in improving the teaching quality of the international Chinese teaching team in Greece. In the seminar, Guo Qiuning, a teacher at the Athens Business Confucius Institute, gave a comprehensive introduction to the participating teachers in terms of the purpose of the exam, the framework structure, and the scope of the exam based on his own experience in preparing for the exam. At the meeting, teachers paid great attention to this topic and actively asked questions during the question and answer session. They all expressed their hope to participate in and pass the exam and effectively improve their teaching capabilities.
In the Chinese teaching experience sharing session, Lu Wenyue, a local teacher at the Athens Business Confucius Institute, Zhang Wenjia from the Confucius Classroom at the Polytechnic University of Crete, Georgia teacher from the Confucius Institute at the University of Thessaly, etc. shared their years of experience in teaching Chinese, analyzed the motivations of Greeks to learn Chinese and the key and difficult aspects of teaching, and put forward many pertinent suggestions on how to teach Greeks Chinese well, which are of great reference value.
2022 marks the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Greece. This seminar not only promoted the exchange and understanding of international Chinese teachers across Greece, but also pointed out the direction for the development of Chinese education in Greece. Taking this opportunity, the series of academic and cultural exchange activities organized by the Confucius Institutes across Greece will further promote cultural exchanges and people-to-people bonds between China and Greece, and promote cooperation between the two countries to achieve more mutually beneficial and win-win results.
