Case Analysis Of Mandarin Teaching For Young Students In London Goldsmiths Confucius Institute

The United Kingdom is a region where mandarin learning is more intensive in Europe.Many primary and secondary schools even classify mandarin as a second foreign language compulsory course,and integrate mandarin into the national education system.More and more British are learning mandarin,which makes the author think how to ensure the quality of Chinese teaching.It is based on this problem that the author decided to observe and record the teaching cases during the year and get inspiration in the teaching cases to ensure the quality of mandarin teaching.This thesis takes the mandarin learning situation of 9-16 year old students from the Goldsmiths Confucius Institute in London,England as an example.With the help of the relevant second language acquisition theory,the case analysis is carried out from three aspects: teaching content,teaching method and student learning behavior,combing and summarizing the basic situation of the Confucius Institute for young people learning mandarin.Furthermore,through in-depth analysis of specific cases in the teaching process,certain teaching reflections are made,and certain suggestions and countermeasures are put forward.From "individual" to "general",the problems of mandarin learning for young people in the UK and the countermeasures should be reached.The overall observation provides a certain teaching idea for the mandarin teaching in the UK,and will help the mandarin teachers in the future.The thesis is divided into six parts: The first chapter is the introduction,expounding the reasons for the topic selection,the related research summary and the research methods used in the thesis.The second chapter is the current situation of mandarin teaching in the Goldsmith Confucius Institute.It summarizes the general situation of mandarin teaching in the UK and the background of mandarin teaching in the Confucius Institute at Goldsmith.It also investigates the implementation of teaching of young students.The third chapter is the case study and analysis of classroom students’ learning problems,and reflects on the specific student behavior problems,and puts forward corresponding suggestions.The fourth chapter analyzes the case and analysis of classroom teaching content,and analyzes and proposes through three aspects: grammar teaching,classroom activities and input of cultural content.The fifth chapter is the case study and analysis of classroom teaching methods.The last is the conclusion of this thesis summarizes the research results and shortcomings of the thesis.