The Investigation, Analysis And Inspiration Of Current Situation Of Language Education In Burundi

Burundi is a landlocked country in the Middle East of Africa, There are five kinds of languages in Burundi. Kirundi,French and English are the official languages of Burundi.The Confucius Institute of Burundi University officially launched in july 2012..At this stage, The Confucius Institute of Burundi University in Burundi University, Burundi Normal University and The seven middle schools to offer chinese courses.With the expansion of the teaching scale and the number of students has increased,there are some problems have been encountered in the process of spreading chinese and culture. Based on these conditions,the research object is the chinese learners of Confucius Institute of Burundi University.Design《The Questionnaire On Foreign Language Learning In Burundi》to investigate the situation of Burundi students learn different languages.Survey results show, Burundi students from elementary school to high school to learn French and English, from middle school to high school to learn Swahili, only in the Confucius Institute of Burundi University can learn chinese.In addition to these four languages, Burundi high school students most want to learn other languages are Spanish and Italian, the majority of Burundi university students do not want to learn other languages.Besides, Design 《The Questionnaire on Burundi People’s Attitude Towards Languages 》 to investigate the language attitudes of Burundi students including learning time, learning style, difficulty level, favorite degree, career future. To predict the trend of language learning in Burundi, there will more Burundi people to learn English and Chinese in the future. Through the summary of the Questionnaires, to provide data support and reference for the future development of Confucius Institute of Burundi University and the chinese government to developing chinese and culture of Africa.