TITLE:
Confucius Institute’s Role in Chinese Language Development in Indonesia: A Site Study at State University of Malang
AUTHORS:
Qiao Peng
KEYWORDS:
Confucius Institute, State University of Malang, Chinese Language Learning
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Social Sciences,
Vol.12 No.2,
February
9,
2024
ABSTRACT: China and Indonesia signed a joint declaration on strategic relations,
which aims to strengthen bilateral educational cooperation, actively carry out
the programs on training exchanges and promote language teaching of both
countries. One of the ways is by collaborating to teach Chinese language in
Indonesia through the Confucius Institute. State University of Malang is one of
the universities that collaborates with the Confucius Institute. The role of
the Confucius Institute in the development of learning Chinese language at the
State University of Malang is to help manage finances in a transparent manner,
the process of recruiting human resources or teachers, learning materials, and
being actively involved in all activities carried out at the Chinese Language
Center of the State University of Malang. The study presents a detailed review of the
development of Confucius Institutes over the past decade. The difficulties
faced in the process as well as the solutions are included. The role of
Confucius Institutes in the process of Chinese language development in
Indonesia is highlighted.