Reflection On Curriculum Setup For Masters Of Teaching Chinese To Speakers Of Other Languages

The curriculum of Master of Teaching Chinese to Speakers of Other Languages(MTCSOL) is the center and foundation for the professional teaching personnel.Constructing the curriculum system of Master of Teaching Chinese to Speakers ofOther Languages, is not only helpful to promote our country’s Chinese education andthe diversification of graduate student training, but improve the application of thismajor. Moreover, its setup plays an important role in the process of Chinese languageteaching, exploring professional teaching methods and professionalizing teachingevaluation. As its development, we find that the reasonable setup is an effective wayto train teachers, refine the teaching forms and enrich teaching style, which willenhance teachers’professional development and discipline construction andeventually achieve the goal of professional personnel development.As for Master of Teaching Chinese to Speakers of Other Languages’curriculum,we first need to clarify its significance and concept. The professionalization of theChinese international education requires the curriculum be specified, therefore, itrequests high requirements for the Chinese international education curriculum setup,including the choice and organization of content, lesson plans, implementation andevaluation.The curriculum of Master of Teaching Chinese to Speakers of Other Languages,is the core idea to set this major and a goal to achieve. However, there are severalproblems in the current situation of Master of Teaching Chinese to Speakers of OtherLanguages, such as shortage of key points, imperfect setup of the curriculum, lessapplicability of the subject, and too much theory. Based on the experience of that inour country, this thesis takes examples from other curriculum of professional degree,and foreign universities which have this major. It suggests that we should reduce basicEnglish and politics, increase the proportion of Chinese courses, foreign languagecourses, different cultures , major skills, and so on, in order to make clear thecurriculum targets, achieve the goal of practical training.The setup of curriculum plays the most important part in the talent training. Its scientificity decides whether it will meet the needs of the professional requirements ornot. Through research of academic thesis on the international education of Chineseprofession home and abroad, and my six years of learning, understanding, andreflection, the thesis summarizes some problems of the Chinese internationaleducation curriculum, and hope to promote rapid development of Master of TeachingChinese to Speakers of Other Languages.