Confucius Institutes:Abundant Resources for Teaching Chinese Language and Culture

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Confucius InstitutesAbundant Resources for
Teaching Chinese Language and Culture

• Presentation at the 2008 Symposium on Asia in the
  Curriculum
• September 27, 2008.
• FedEx Global Education Center, University of
  North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Dr. Keqian Xu Professor of Chinese Literature and
Culture Nanjing Normal University Visiting
Professor and Deputy Director Confucius
Institute at NCSU Xu_keqian_at_ncsu.edu
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About Confucius Institutes

• Confucius Institute program is a world
  wide program supported by The Office of Chinese
  Language Council International (Hanban). The goal
  of this program is to promote a better
  understanding of the Chinese language and culture
  among the people of the world develop friendly
  relationships between China and other countries
  accelerate the development of multiculturalism at
  the international level and help bring about
  global peace and harmony.

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The Confucius Institutes provides the following
services

• Developing Chinese language courses for various
  social sectors
• Training Chinese language instructors for local
  institutions and providing them with Chinese
  language teaching resources
• Establishing local facilities for the holding of
  the HSK Examination (Chinese Proficiency Test)
  and for the administration of procedures for the
  Certification of the Chinese Language Teachers
• Providing information and consultative services
  concerning Chinese education, culture, economy
  and society
• Promoting research about Contemporary China.

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Since the first Confucius Institute in the world
was officially opened in Seoul, the Republic of
Korea on November 21, 2004, now there about 260
Confucius Institutes have been established in 75
countries over the past few years.
260 Confucius Institutes, in 75 countries. 44
Confucius Institutes now in USA.
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All the Confucius Institutes get financial
support from the Ministry of Education of China,
through the Office of Chinese Language Council
International, or Hanban.
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Why Confucius?
Confucius , the founder of Confucianism
Confucius was a famous sage and social
philosopher of China whose teachings deeply
influenced China and East Asia for more than 25
centuries.
Confucius (circa 551-479 BC)
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The Analects of Confucius
The Lun Yü (The Analects of Confucius), a work
compiled by some of Confucius disciples, is
considered the most reliable source of
information about his life and teachings. It was
the most widely read books in ancient China. It
has also been translated into many languages and
considered as one of the most important classics
in human history.
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The basic Confucian doctrines are embodied in the
following 5 characters
Benevolence, love, to be humanity, mercy and
kindness
Justness, to be righteousness, persist on
principles
Rituals, custom and law, to be polite, respect,
modest, harmonious with each other
Wisdom, to be knowledgeable, enlightened and well
educated
Sincerity, reliable, obligated, creditable,
accountable
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• Although Confucius and Confucianism has
  undergone severe criticizing and denouncing in
  the past century, Confucius and his teaching
  today are still considered as a symbol
  representing the essence and basic value of
  Chinese culture by many people.

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Zhong and He, these two Chinese characters
represent a Confucian way of dealing with variety
of social, political and human relation problems,
meaning keeping on a middle and neutral way,
maintaining a balance between extremists, being
tolerant to dissidents, advocating diversity
while valuing harmonious. These viewpoints or
values are highly emphasized by Chinese people
and its government in dealing with their
domestic problems as well as the international
relations.
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Moses
Solon
Confucius
Confucius belong to the World!

• On the eastern pediment of the Supreme
  Court building,there is a sculpture entitled
  Justice the Guardian of Liberty by Hermon A.
  McNeil, which was intended to be a symbolic
  representation of three of the Eastern
  civilizations from which the laws of the USA were
  derived, personified by the figures of three
  great lawgivers Moses, Confucius, and Solon
  (surrounded by several allegorical figures
  representing a variety of legal themes).

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Confucius Institutes a world wide resources
that can be used in teaching of Chinese language
and culture.
In 2007 only, Hanban has total expenditure of
459,840,000 RMB yuan or roughly 70 million USD
for supporting all the Confucius Institutes and
related activities.
CI Headquarter in Beijing.
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http//www.hanban.org
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Universities and Teachers

• About 100 Chinese Universities and
  institutes are involved in the program,
  cooperating with their foreign partners in their
  local Confucius institute to promote the teaching
  of Chinese language and culture.
• Thousands of Chinese language teachers and
  volunteers from these universities have been send
  to schools allover the world to teach Chinese,
  with the salary paid by Hanban.
• In 2007, Hanban has send out 1532 teachers,
  1445 volunteers.

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Free Books

• Hanban has organized the compiling and selecting
  of thousand kinds of textbooks and reference
  books in different languages suitable for foreign
  students to read. Most of these books can be
  acquired as a free donation from Hanban.
• In 2007 alone, Hanban has send 813000 books to
  1616 organizations in 95 countries.

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Multimedia Resources

• Hanban, with the cooperation of many language
  education experts, both inside and outside of
  China, has also developed many wonderful
  multimedia teaching materials, suitable for
  different learners to use.

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Career Developing Opportunities

• As an effort of promoting the domestication of
  Chinese language teachers, Hanban through its
  Confucius Institute allover the world, provides
  many teachers training programs for local Chinese
  language teachers or potential teachers.

In 2007, 16,000 teachers from 70 foreign
countries received Chinese training.
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Chinese Bridge Chinese Proficiency Competition
for Foreign College Students
Through TV broadcast, some of the participants
become very popular among ordinary Chinese
audience, and may become the next alien pop idol
in China, like the famous Canadian Mark Rowswell
or Dashan.
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Chinese Bridge Summer Camp for High School
Students
950 foreign students participated this years
Summer Camps.
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HSKChinese Proficiency Test
In 2007, 138,000 foreigner (times) took the HSK
examination. 116 overseas examination sites
established in 46 countries.
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Radio Confucius Institute
Cooperatively established by China Radio
International (CRI), the Radio Confucius
Institute relies on a large number of
international stations broadcasting Confucius
Classroom online and wirelessly in 38 foreign
languages.
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Confucius Institute Onlinehttp//www.confuciusins
titute.net/
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The Confucius Institute at North Carolina State
University declared its official opening in April
23,2007
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It is a cooperative project of North Carolina
State University, Office of Chinese Language
Council International (Hanban) and Nanjing Normal
University in China
The goal of the Confucius Institute is to enhance
intercultural understanding in the U.S. by
sponsoring programs in Chinese language and
culture promote the mission through a range of
educational and outreach activities to students,
teachers, businesses, and community members
contribute to the expansion of Chinese language
instruction at NC State and in North Carolina
schools, enrich cultural opportunities and help
North Carolina businesses understand and compete
in the Chinese market.
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Nanjing Normal University
Located at Nanjing, the capital city of Jiangsu
Province, and historically the old capital of
more than 7 dynasties in ancient China.
It was originally funded in 1902, and is among
the one hundred top Chinese Universities included
in the national 211project, and get enhanced
investment from both the central and provincial
government.
http//www.njnu.edu.cn/
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• Nanjing Normal University is one of the
  first few educational institutes assigned by the
  Education Ministry of China to provide Chinese as
  second language courses to international
  students.

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The Confucius Institute at NCSU is located in the
Mckimmon Center, 1101 Gorman St. Raleigh, NC
27695-7401
Tel [phone] Fax[phone]

• The CI at NCSU provides the following services
• Teaching non-credit Chinese language courses
• Supporting expanded Chinese language courses
  offered by the DFLL at NC State
• Providing professional development opportunities
  for K-12 teachers of Chinese
• Partnering with local schools to promote Chinese
  language and culture and develop new Chinese
  programs
• Expanding NC State-Chinese partnership
  activities
• Economic development opportunities for area
  businesses.

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Non-credit Chinese language courses and Chinese
culture lecture series expanded Chinese
Conversation courses for the DFLL at NC State
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Chinese Food Workshop
Chinese Painting lecture
Chinese Corner Café
Tai Ji Class
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Symposiums, seminars, training programs
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Summer Camp,Summer Study Abroad Program
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Exchange program, partnership, visiting, guest
lecture
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Variety of Cultural Events performance,
exhibition, concert
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• http//www.ncsu.edu/oia/confucius/

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Thank You!
Acknowledgment Some data and photos are from
hanbans website and 2007 annual report