Investigation And Analysis On The Teaching Of Mandarin For The Manda Rin Literature Major At The Asian International Friendship College In Medan,Indonesia

This study uses questionnaires as the main method to investigate the situation of the students in Mandarin learning,the situation of the teachers in Mandarin teaching,the situation of the use of Mandarin textbooks and the situation of the curriculum in Mandarin Literature Major at Asian International Friendship College(AIFC).Afterwards,based on the investigation,the problems are analysed and some suggestions are put forward in order to solve the existing problems.Most of the students in Mandarin Literature Major at AIFC have had some Mandarin basic and their Mandarin sense is strong enough,but the students' study performance still needs to be improved,especially about the learning of the language rules in Mandarin and in the management of time for reviewing the lessons.AIFC Mandarin teachers regard the job of Mandarin teaching as a mission and try their best to do well,but some teachers still need to improve their ability to control the class.AIFC choose textbooks published in China as teaching materials so that the material content is not too close to Indonesian students' lifestyle and culture custom.Although AIFC sets up the curriculum of Mandarin Literature Major in accordance with the curriculum at similar major in China,but it is still a need for AIFC to set up more Chinese culture courses and extracurricular classes.In order to solve the problems above,students should bring the advantages of adultage into full play and make time arrangement well for reviewing lessons.The teachers have to do a thorough preparation before class and take diversified teaching to encourage students' study interest and to attract students' attention.For teaching materials,it is suggested that AIFC should try to find local Mandarin textbooks more suitable for the students or organize some teachers and professionals into group to make their own series of textbooks.The last,for the curriculum,it is suggested that AIFC sets up more subjects and extracurriculum related to Chinese culture and history.