The sub-forum | the "International Chinese Learning and Testing" forum to be held in the cloud

On December 16th, the International Chinese Education Standards and Examinations Symposium "International Chinese Learning and Testing" forum was held on the live broadcast platform of the Chinese Alliance. The forum was divided into the first and second half, presided over by Li Peize, chairman and general manager of Hankao International, and invited more than ten experts and scholars from universities at home and abroad, such as presidents, professors, responsible persons of Chinese proficiency test centers, and heads of Chinese learning test centers, to deliver keynote speeches and conduct in-depth discussions. 200 university representatives, representatives of test centers, international Chinese practitioners in the field of education attended the meeting online.

The theme of the first half of the forum was "International Chinese Learning and Testing Market-oriented Integration and Development". Zhao Guocheng, deputy director of the Sino-foreign Language Exchange and Cooperation Center, attended and awarded the "2020 Chinese Language Test Excellent Test Center" award to 32 test centers. On behalf of the Sino-foreign Language Exchange and Cooperation Center, Zhao Guocheng congratulated the award-winning institutions, hoping that in the new year, everyone will provide more diverse, higher-quality and higher-quality Chinese education services to more learners through the Chinese language test, and also welcome everyone to actively participate in the use of the market-oriented model to cooperate in the establishment of the "Chinese Learning and Testing Center" to strive for greater achievements in the post-epidemic era.

Liu Xiaolong, director of international marketing and operations of Hankao, said that during the epidemic period, the Innovative Development of Chinese Testing, adhering to the learner-centered development concept, creatively implemented home online testing services, and solved the problem of going to the test for tens of thousands of candidates around the world. In the post-epidemic era, Hankao International will continue to explore and build a diversified service system, cooperate with test centers in various countries to promote the establishment of Chinese learning and testing centers, and strive to provide candidates with integrated services of "teaching- learning- examination- study in China - internship and employment".

Hao Qingxing, vice president and professor of The Hungarian Roland University, mentioned that the Confucius Institute at the Hungarian Roland University has taken root in the country for many years and has accumulated rich teaching cases and theoretical research foundations in the field of Chinese education, which has boosted the development of Hungarian Chinese education. Under the background of the vigorous development of Chinese education, researching and building a "post-examination road" to promote the personal development of learners, so that learners can "achieve success in learning and be useful in examinations", is a problem that universities and Confucius Institutes have been thinking about. The study abroad in China project proposed and implemented by Hankao International provides a model and possibility for answering this question, and builds a rainbow bridge to China for Hungarian Chinese learners.

Wu Zhongwei, professor of Fudan University and dean of the School of International Culture, proposed that the development of international Chinese learning and testing presents three characteristics: diversification, standardization and specialization. Diversification is manifested in the diversification of learning needs, the diversification of teaching concepts and the diversification of teaching units. In the context of diversification, two major problems have been raised for the construction of disciplines, one is the construction of standards and outlines, and the other is the construction of learning resource libraries. Proceeding from his own theoretical research and teaching practice, Professor Wu Zhongwei published some reflections on traditional teaching concepts based on diversified backgrounds, as well as some reflections on the relationship between the construction of learning resource libraries and the construction of teachers' communities, which provided references and references for the standardization and professional development of international Chinese.

Marina, a professor at the Free University of Tbilisi, Georgia and head of the Chinese Proficiency Test (HSK) test center, deeply analyzes the relationship between international Chinese learning and testing. She believes that the examination is a rigorous method of knowledge level identification, and the role of the examination is extraordinary, far more than testing the learning ability of students and their knowledge reserves. She stressed that the understanding of the importance of the examination by Chinese teachers should be strengthened on a student-centered basis. When training teachers, lectures or courses that specialize in the meaning and role of HSK exams can also be included, so that teachers can influence students in teaching and motivate and supervise students to take the exam. It can strengthen the sense of ceremony of issuing test score certificates, enhance the sense of acquisition of candidates, and further enhance the motivation of students to take the test.

Hu Lin, Associate Professor of Southwest University and former Chinese Dean of Confucius Institute at Khon Kaen University, introduced the application of the yct wisdom Chinese classroom of Confucius Institute of Khon Kaen University in Thailand in international Chinese education and the promotion of Chinese tests. The use of smart Chinese classrooms partially solves the "three teaching problems" in international Chinese teaching, namely teachers, teaching materials, and teaching methods, making up for the shortage of teachers, the shortage of teaching resources, and the unfamiliar teaching methods of novice teachers.

The theme of the second half of the forum is "International Chinese Teaching, Learning and Examination Integration Services". Honda Keizo, special director of the Japan Youth Incubation Association and director of the Japan HSK Affairs Bureau, mentioned that with the increasing strength of China, in recent years, China's domestic institutions have continuously expanded the scale of enrollment of international students, and the demand for overseas enterprises Chinese talents has also increased year by year, in order to continue to expand the influence of HSK examinations and brand gold content, to meet the needs of international enrollment in Chinese domestic universities and recruitment of Chinese and Japanese enterprises, the Japan Youth Education Association and Hankao International creatively proposed new areas of cooperation in 2016 - held the first session in Japan" hsk study abroad employment exhibition". The hsk study abroad and employment fair not only provides Chinese learners with the opportunity to exchange and study in China, as well as enter the work of Chinese enterprises, but also further drives the enthusiasm of local reference hsk in Japan. hsk Study Abroad Employment Fair creatively creates an integrated service centered on learners and provides "teaching- learning- examination - studying in China - internship and employment".

Liang Meijing, director of the Korea Chinese Research Institute and the director of HSK Korea Affairs, introduced the situation of hsk Korean Affairs Bureau holding Chinese language tests in 2020, the Chinese tests of Korean enterprises and the use cases. In 2020, the HSK Korea Affairs Bureau overcame difficulties such as the impact of the epidemic and insisted on opening almost all monthly examinations, with more than 60,000 candidates per year. With the increasingly frequent economic, cultural and people-to-people exchanges between China and South Korea, many Korean companies are "thirsty for talents" for Chinese talents, so employees and job seekers with HSK and BCT test scores can get more favor from employing enterprises. HSK Korea Affairs Bureau fully taps the potential of corporate Chinese tests and provides sustainable growth points for test development.

Mark Kemsley, director of the American Koslee Education Group and head of the Chinese Learning Testing Center, and Wang Mei, chairman of the Swedish Swiss-Chinese Exchange Association, respectively introduced their plans and ideas for learning Chinese and the operation of the Chinese Learning Test Center.

In this forum, based on learning and testing itself, the speakers shared their experience in teaching and research, operational examination and examination promotion in international Chinese, which has very important reference and reference significance for the development of international Chinese learning and testing.