New Zealand government strengthens Asian language teaching, Chinese teaching is the key point


Since August 2014, according to New Zealand China News, citing NZ China News Agency, the New Zealand government recently announced that it will invest 10 million in Asian language teaching in the next five years. This is due to the trade exchanges between New Zealand and Asian countries. Coming more frequently, the government needs to strengthen an important task of foreign language teaching.

 

　　 It is reported that the funds will be used to create new Chinese, Japanese, and Korean teaching projects while expanding or upgrading existing Asian language teaching projects.


　　 Currently, there are 160 schools in New Zealand high schools that teach Japanese, less than 40 schools teach Chinese, and only two schools teach Korean.


　　 Education Minister Hekia Parata said that in addition to supporting the official languages ​​English, Maori, and sign language, it is also necessary to provide more young people with opportunities to learn foreign languages, especially for countries that have close trade relations with New Zealand.


　　 The report pointed out that China is currently New Zealand’s second-largest export market. Therefore, the National Party has decided to make Chinese teaching the focus of foreign language teaching and encourage primary and secondary schools to enrich educational resources and strengthen Chinese teaching. This is a key project for the government to make every effort to create a multicultural language environment in New Zealand.


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