宾州州立大学的中文课改革

Hello everyone. Welcome to the Chinese Podcast. I am your friend. Today we talk about a university. This university is in the United States. The name is Penn State University. There are many students there. They are learning Chinese. Let's look at their news. This is a story about learning. First, let's look at a problem. Penn State University has Chinese classes. The teachers did a check. This is called a "learning assessment". The teachers looked at the students' grades. The teachers discovered a problem. What problem? Students felt reading was very hard. Forty percent of students did not understand. They could not read difficult books. Their reading level was not high enough. The teachers were worried. They wanted to help the students. Next, we need to change. There is a Teacher Kou. He is the coordinator of the Chinese program. He thought of a good method. The previous books were too simple. Now they need to use new materials. He uses "authentic materials". What are authentic materials? It is books that Chinese people read. Also real Chinese news. Not for children. It is for adults. The teacher brought these into the classroom. Students read news in class. Students discuss in class. They listen more and read more. This is a new method. Additionally, how was the result? This method is very good. The students are very hardworking. They read many books. Their improvement is big. Teacher Kou is very happy. Because the students understand now. Their grammar became good. Their pronunciation is also accurate. Students can write long essays. They can speak a lot of Chinese. Exam grades are high. Assessment is very helpful. This makes the Chinese class better. Learning needs good methods. This is today's story. Thank you everyone for listening. We must listen more and read more. See you next time.