Meeting the high demand for Chinese teachers - how are the US tacking the issue? A report by the Asia Society
Interested to know how Chinese language programs have grown in the United States over the past five years?
“The most significant barrier to meeting student demand to learn Chinese is the lack of trained and certified teachers.” Sound familiar? Interested to learn how the US are tackling this challenge?
In February 2010, the Asia Society convened a meeting on Chinese language teacher preparation and certification in the U.S., to address the urgent need for a long-term supply of effective Chinese language teachers. The meeting brought together 50 leaders from the United States and China to discuss the challenges and opportunities facing the field of Chinese language teaching and learning with an outcome of targeted recommendations for the future.
Want to know what these recommendations were?
Then read the Asia Society’s report attached, Meeting the Challenge: Preparing Chinese Language Teachers for American Schools.
Attached Files:
