The Status Quo,Influencing Factors and Prospects of International Chinese Language Education in Albania
The development of international Chinese language education in Albania is of great signifi-cance to the implementation of the"Belt and Road"Initiative.Based on substantial data from authori-tative sources,the paper elaborates such major local factors influencing the ICE development as the social economy,education and foreign language education policy among others,and explores the pros-pects of ICE wherein.It is argued that the Chinese language,hierarchically low in Albania's foreign language education,must be promoted,through intensified Sino-Albania educational exchange and co-operation,to the status of the second elective foreign language parallel to French,German,Italian and Turkish,to be listed in its national examinations,and further to be part of its bilingual education so as to ensure ICE sustainable development.
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