Over 100 experts and educators from Thailand, China's mainland and
Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Malaysia and other places
in the Asia-Pacific region meet Sunday in Bangkok, in an joint bid
to further promote the Chinese language education toward the new
century.
"Facing the global trend of information technology and new economy,
we should use this occasion to discuss how to improve the teaching
methods and education quality of the Chinese language, which is
used by nearly one fourth population in the world, " Liang Bin,
chairman of the meeting, said in a keynote speech at the opening
ceremony.
The meeting, namely the 5th Asia-Pacific Conference on New Trend of
Chinese Education and School Management, is an annual gathering
sponsored by the Chinese School Association of Thailand since 1996.
"With the rapid growth of the overall strength of the Chinese
nation and China's increasing political and economic influence in
the international arena, the Chinese Language will be become an
international language just like English and French, in the near
future," she noted.
"So the Chinese language education is going to be a very important
part of the world education."
Jiang Dunjie, chief of the Chinese delegation, said that as China's
Chinese language education is moving toward the global trend of
"quality education", it is very necessary for the Chinese educators
to exchange their experiences and ideas with their colleagues from
the outside world, especially in the Asia-Pacific region where the
Chinese language education has a long tradition.
"We are very glad to have the chance to listen to other Chinese
language educators and experts about what they are thinking about,
" he said.
During one-day meeting, participants will give lectures or hold
seminar discussions on issues related to the Chinese language
education, such as "quality education", teacher's training,
teaching methods and the scientific school management.
(People's Daily 11/13/2000)