英文摘要 |
The purpose of this research was to review the planning and implementation of Chinese language courses for international students in General Education in public universities in Taiwan. By analyzing the course regulation, the Chinese language courses are classified and compared between different universities. Firstly, the weak point of current fundamental course regulation of Chinese language courses is discussed. Secondly, the rationality between the academic credits and the curriculum objectives of current courses is analyzed. According to the content analysis and case interviews, the results show that the Chinese language courses of most public universities have set up a general regulation for foreign degree-seeking students. However, they have not taken the differences in competency and learning needs of Chinese among students from China, overseas Chinese students, and other international students into considerations. The curriculum structure of the courses is mostly under compulsory courses. Only a few universities offer a general liberal art courses for foreign students in accordance wtih their Chinese language skills. The total compulsory academic credits range from 2 to 24 credits. And most of them were 2 to 6 credits. There's a large gap between universities. The common problem of the courses include low course hours, optimized grading system to correspond to the teaching objectives. Lastly, some suggestions about curriculum development and curriculum framework are offered. |