Three Contrasts and Three Turns in International Chinese Language-Education
As China gradually approaches the center of the world stage,it is of great significance to strengthen international Chinese language education and shape the international status of Chinese language that matches China's comprehensive national strength.On the basis of discussing the civilization connotation of international Chinese language education as well as combining the experience of foreign language education and international Chinese language education in Beijing Foreign Studies University,this paper points out three contrasts in the devel-opment of China's language education industry,namely,the contrast between the scale of international Chinese lan-guage education and foreign language education in China,the contrast between foreign-to-Chinese translation and Chinese-to-foreign translation,and the contrast between the input and output of the discourse system.To promote the better integration of Chinese language into the world,efforts must be made to achieve three turns through strengthening regional and country studies,index studies,network construction,and library construction in interna-tional Chinese language education,namely,from going abroad to delving into the local area,from entering the class-room to going to society,and from Chinese language education to Chinese language empowerment.
international Chinese language educationthree contraststhree turnslanguage educationlan-guage industry