What are the employment prospects if you want to take the test for Chinese as a foreign language?

The major of Chinese as a Foreign Language specializes in cultivating teachers who have a strong foundation in Chinese language and culture, are proficient in English, and can be engaged in teaching Chinese as a foreign language at home and abroad in the future, or practical professionals who are engaged in foreign cultural exchanges. There are three main areas of study in this major: literature, culture, and language.

Literature includes Chinese literature and foreign literature, culture includes Chinese culture and foreign culture, language includes Chinese, English, and of course, the knowledge of the more important sub-disciplines of linguistics. The major of Chinese as a foreign language takes English as the first foreign language and Chinese as the second foreign language. In other words, you must be able to teach Chinese to foreigners using English as a medium.

Therefore, this major plays a very important role in the process of educational exchanges between China and foreign countries.

According to the latest statistics from the Ministry of Education, Chinese language teaching is booming around the world, with the total number of people learning Chinese in countries around the world exceeding 20 million. Chinese language teaching is increasingly entering the classrooms of universities, middle schools and primary schools abroad. At present, the United States, New Zealand, Japan, Thailand, South Korea, Canada, Australia and other countries have included Chinese language scores in university entrance courses.

Due to the increasing number of people learning Chinese, many countries are facing a serious shortage of Chinese language teachers. Therefore, majoring in Chinese as a foreign language has good employment prospects. In many countries, Chinese teaching has become one of the most well-paid and enviable professions.

Compared with other majors, it is still quite advantageous to pay attention to the employment of Chinese as a foreign language.

First of all, with the improvement of China's international status, the number of overseas Chinese students is also increasing dramatically, providing a steady stream of jobs for graduates majoring in Chinese as a foreign language. Secondly, the employment field of Chinese as a foreign language major is broad.

The most important direction of employment is to engage in teaching Chinese as a foreign language in various universities, Confucius Institutes, or institutions engaged in Chinese as a foreign language education and training at home and abroad. At present, the "Chinese language fever" in the world is wave after wave, wave after wave. According to the statistics of Hanban, the number of people studying Chinese abroad has exceeded 100 million.

In Europe, North America, Australia, New Zealand and other western developed countries, more and more people want to learn Chinese; Neighboring countries such as Japan, South Korea, Thailand, and the Philippines are in urgent need of Chinese language teachers. These strong demand for Chinese language learning are rare development opportunities for professionals who speak Chinese as a foreign language.

1. Engage in foreign exchanges. For example, the foreign-related functional departments of national ** institutions, professional foreign trade institutions, joint ventures and foreign-funded enterprises and other foreign exchange related work. This employment channel is quite difficult and requires complex senior talents.

2. Engaged in news gathering, editing, translation, literary creation and other work in news, publishing units, cultural management and other departments. Because students majoring in Chinese as a foreign language have both the foundation of Chinese culture and the advantage of foreign languages, they are very popular with employers and have good treatment.

3. Engaged in Chinese or English teachers in primary and secondary schools. It is to teach foreigners to learn Chinese, and the courses set up by the university are similar, and there are several more courses. There is no problem at all in changing careers to primary and secondary education.

Primary and secondary schools also hope to bring in better talents to increase the number of teachers in schools.