Journal of Chinese Language Teaching in Europe 欧洲中文教育

ELTE Confucius Institute

Anna Csikó — 2024-03-27

Huba Bartos–Imre Hamar 2017. Kínai-magyar szótár [Chinese–Hungarian Dictionary] & Huba Bartos–Imre Hamar–Melinda Pap 2023. Magyar-kínai szótár [Hungarian–Chinese Dictionary]

Szandra Ésik — 2024-03-27

Motivation Research among Chinese Language Learners in the Chinese Department at Eötvös Loránd University, Hungary

Qiuyue Ye — 2024-03-27

By investigating the motivation to learn Chinese among BA and MA students in the Chinese Department of Eötvös Loránd University, this study explores the main characteristics of learners at the language level, learner level, and learning context level, as well as the similarities and differences in learning motivation among learners of different Chinese proficiency levels. Moreover, this study discusses how to stimulate and maintain learners’ motivations to learn in order to ensure the sustainable and vigorous development of Chinese teaching in Hungary.

An Error Analysis of Chinese Characters Writing by Local Hungarian Learners of Chinese as Foreign Language

Zehong Mou — 2024-03-27

The shape of a Chinese character is a kind of square that is called a square word. The handwriting of Chinese characters is an important and difficult point. The situation is believed to be very different from that of the alphabetic script of Hungarian. This paper mainly studies and analyses Chinese writing errors by local Hungarian learners.
This paper collects the exam papers of primary stage learners as original research materials, analyses the objective reasons for their errors, puts forth teaching suggestions corresponding to the features of the mistakes, and makes suggestions for reducing the writing errors of Chinese characters by local Hungarian learners.

A Study on the Teaching of Chinese Characters in the Chinese Department of Eötvös Loránd University

Qiuyue Ye — 2024-03-27

The teaching of Chinese characters is a “big problem” in teaching Chineseas a foreign language, especially for learners who are not in the cultural circle of Chinese characters, it is the biggest difficulty in learning process. This article analyzes the current situation of Chinese character teaching in the Chinese Department of Eötvös Loránd University from the aspects of teaching materials, teachers and teaching methods, points out the advantages and disadvantages, and proposes corresponding teaching strategies in order to
improve the teaching effect of Chinese characters.

Seventy Years of Chinese Language Education in Bulgaria and Suggestions for Future Development

Ming Liu — 2024-03-27

In 2023, Chinese language education in Bulgaria entered its 70th year. With the attention and unremitting efforts of both China and Bulgaria, the scale of Chinese language education in the latter has been expanding, and the number of Chinese language enthusiasts has continued to increase. It is especially worth mentioning that the Bulgarian Chinese Language Teaching Union, founded by 21 schools, has further strengthened the Bulgarian government’s support and recognition of Chinese language education. In order to ensure the quality and standardisation of Chinese language education, the Bulgarian Ministry of Education and Science has issued a ministerial decree officially promulgating a Chinese language syllabus in Bulgaria, which has established Chinese language curricular standards for schools conducting Chinese language teaching. This paper summarises the 70 years of development of Chinese language education in Bulgaria, its current scale, and the future demand for Chinese language education services in the country, as well as current challenges and recommendations for its development. In order to ensure the sustainable development of Chinese language education, it is proposed to accelerate the integration of Chinese language education into the local national education system in order to link the education and employment systems, which will help the cause of Chinese language education in Bulgaria to better meet the needs of the future and to provide students with a wider range of opportunities and choices.

The Acquisition Characteristics and Error Analysis on Negative Expression of Hungarian Chinese Learners

Xiaokai Xu — 2024-03-27

This study takes Hungarian native speakers of Chinese as the research object. It investigates the types of errors they commit in the use of negative expressions and the acquisition characteristics of learners at different levels. An addition of the particle ‘了’ and an omission of ‘到’ are found to be the main types of errors. In terms of acquisition characteristics, it is found that beginners have difficulties distinguishing the subjective and objective directions expressed by ‘不’ and ‘没(有)’. Intermediate and advanced learners’ proficiencies in using negative words fluctuate, as does their accuracy in using negative words, and they tend to use more avoidance strategies

Chinese Language and Culture Pedagogy at the University of Latvia

Baltgalve Agita — 2024-03-27

The article gives a detailed analysis of Chinese language and culture studies at the Department of Asian Studies of the University of Latvia from the foundation of the department in 1991 and the enrolment of first students in 1993 up to the year 2023. The textis divided in six chapters: institutional history; students and graduates; local teaching staff; guest lecturers and Chinese-speaking language teachers; academic mobility; and research and international cooperation. This is the first in-depth introduction to Latvian Sinology studies in the English language, and its special value lies in the unique perspective of the author (former Sinology student and current associate professor of the Department of Asian Studies) who has witnessed and experienced nearly the entire history of the institutional development. The article combines a historical approach with biographical (at times autobiographical) descriptions, analyses of statistical data, and a personal case study.