After the establishment of the Confucius Institute, more than 400 students under the Shen Jai Education Group will be the first to benefit. (Provided by Shen Jai Education Group)
Shen Jai Education Group is preparing to open the first Confucius Institute in North Malaysia as a platform to promote learning Chinese and promote Chinese culture. Cultural courses will benefit not only Chinese children, but also friends from other ethnic groups can master Chinese. It is expected to be put into operation from December, and courses in Chinese language, Chinese language teaching and Chinese culture will be offered, which will benefit not only Chinese students, but also Malay students can master Chinese.
Shen Jai Education Group had signed a contract with China International Chinese Education Foundation and Xidian University on July 13 to establish a non-profit Shen Jai Confucius Institute, located in Ipoh Garden Square, has humanities classes, Chinese and calligraphy workshops, cultural workshops and exhibition halls.
The Chinese side plans to arrange 3 to 5 people to come to teach the class. The teachers are all trained and certified by the Chinese Ministry of Education and have more than five years of teaching experience. At the same time, the school will arrange a local lecturer for each class to be responsible for translation in order to improve students’ learning progress.
The Chinese language course is divided into six levels, each level of 14 weeks; Chinese language teaching will help strengthen the training of teachers in Chinese schools, including Chinese teachers in independent high schools, Chinese secondary schools, international schools, Chinese primary schools and pre-school education classes; the school also plans to organize the production of Chinese traditional Dim Sum and Chinese Medicine classes.
In addition to the opening of the Confucius Institute, it will also provide Chinese test and teacher level certification, and strive to promote cultural exchanges between the two places
The envisaged Confucius Institute will not exceed 20 students per class. It will be conducted simultaneously through online and offline methods. It is expected to train 200 to 300 students in the first year.
At present, more than 400 students studying business management, cooking, baking, computer system, accounting, finance, pre-school education, and architectural draughting whom under the group will be the first to benefit. These courses all use English as the medium of instruction. You can learn, master and apply a very common business language in the world – Chinese, and even transfer credits to a key university in China for further study. You can get a bachelor’s degree in just two years; if your grades meet the standard, you can also apply for a scholarship to complete the course.
The Confucius Institute intends to promote the exchange of teachers and students between the two places, which will help Chinese teachers and students understand the people, education and culture of Malaysia.
Mr Justin Yeoh Saik Choo, Group CEO of Shen Jai Education Group, said that the Confucius Institute has received a lot of resources, funds and technology from the Chinese Ministry of Education.
He said that in terms of education, the Confucius Institute can arrange Chinese courses for non-Chinese medium language groups, improve Chinese expression skills, especially corporate language, train Chinese teachers and provide professional certification, teach teaching skills, Chinese proficiency certification, and even recruit foreign students to come to Malaysia to learn Chinese.
The Confucius Institute is also a platform for Chinese universities to connect with foreign institutions of higher learning. In higher education, we can jointly build courses, dual courses, discuss common research topics, publish books, transfer technology, study in China and Malaysia, and assist in applying for scholarships to study in China. As well as student and teacher exchange programs, benefit from primary, secondary to university.
Speaking of short-term courses, Mr Justin Yeoh Saik Choo gave an example. The Confucius Institute will invite Chinese professors to hold lectures and seminars to explain humanities and ethics courses; teacher training activities can exchange teaching experience and improve the ability of Chinese teachers.
In terms of Chinese culture, Mr Justin Yeoh Saik Choo advocates holding traditional cultural activities such as festivals, so that friends and family can further understand the essence of Chinese culture, guide young people, primary and middle school students to understand benevolence, righteousness, courtesy, wisdom and faith, and also recognize the integration of Confucius Institutes into the cultures of all ethnic groups in Malaysia.
He said that Confucius Institutes are spread all over the world, and international forums and exchange meetings will be held in the future. Representatives from other Confucius Institutes can be invited to participate in order to promote local tourism and economy.
He disclosed that at the same time as the Confucius Institute was established, Shenzhai Education Group and Xidian University jointly launched a 2+2 bachelor’s degree dual course in the management department, which will be extended to 4+0 next year; information technology and computer science (Computer Science) The 2+2 dual course of the department will debut next year.
