russian media: in the new school year, nearly 100 primary and secondary schools in moscow offer chinese courses
2024-09-04
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article published in the russian newspaper kommersant on september 2, titled: russians learn chinese in schoolin this academic year, nearly 100 primary and secondary schools in moscow have introduced chinese classes, and chinese will be taught as a second foreign language.
in the 2024 college entrance examination, 300 people in moscow took the chinese subject exam. since the beginning of the current school year in september, 98 schools in moscow have opened chinese courses, compared to only 30 schools before. as a result, there is currently a shortage of chinese teachers. tatyana bukhtialova, russian director of the confucius institute at moscow state university, said: "there is now a huge demand for chinese courses in moscow. parents even come to us with their 9-year-old children, saying that their children must have a level of chinese proficiency of four to five because they plan to continue their studies in china. at present, the number of graduates in chinese majors is far from enough."
konstantin batanov, associate professor at the school of advanced translation and interpretation of moscow state university, said: "in 2024, we saw a strong growth in interest in chinese courses (including short-term courses) in moscow. some people choose to study in china, mainly in beijing and shanghai, because it is very convenient to go there." (author elida kulmkova)
september 2nd article in rossiyskaya gazeta, titled: putin says his family is learning chinese in russia and china, interest in learning each other's language is growing due to the increase in business ties between the two sides. on the 2nd, putin told students at a public class at kyzyl no. 20 middle school: "when people communicate with each other and solve specific tasks that life brings to them, it is necessary to learn each other's language. the little members of my family can also speak chinese fluently."
president putin also advised students not to give up english, because english brings people together, and there are many people in the west who truly support russia. (author: ekaterina kotova, translated by liu yupeng)
