CHINESE LANGUAGE TEACHING IN GERMAN UNIVERSITIES OF APPLIED SCIENCES: CURRENT CHALLENGES AND OPTIMISATION APPROACHES

Lei Wang

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Taking universities of applied sciences in Germany as the research context, this study analyses the core challenges faced by Chinese language courses in terms of setting teaching objectives, structuring textbook content, adopting teaching methods, and ensuring course sustainability, based on the authors’ teaching practices and observations. The study finds that, although the existing textbooks are academically rigorous, their career-oriented design does not sufficiently address the professional development needs of local students. Moreover, the use of certain fonts may hinder beginners' cognitive acquisition in learning Chinese character writing. In addition, the administrative requirement of a ‘minimum number of students’ poses difficulties in maintaining continuity in teaching programmes, which not only disrupts the systematic nature of language learning but also dampens student motivation. To address these issues, the article proposes a multidimensional approach involving the reconstruction of teaching materials, institutional adjustments, and the optimisation of pedagogical details. The aim is to promote the high-quality and sustainable development of Chinese language courses in universities of applied sciences, and to provide practical support for the deeper integration of Chinese and German cultural education.

 

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Germany; universities of applied sciences; Chinese language teaching; textbook; sustainability; professionally-oriented education

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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.46827/ejfl.v9i3.6087

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