Introduction to Beijing International Chinese College
北京国际汉语研修学院简介
北京国际汉语研修学院成立于2005年9月,是经北京市教育委员会批准、北京市民政局注册登记的一所专门从事汉语国际推广工作的民办非学历高等教育机构,5A级中国社会组织,“一带一路”国家汉语推广培训基地、北京华文教育基地等。
学院具有接收外国留学生、聘请外国专家单位资格认可,以及组织外国汉语教师来华研修、实施国家援外人力资源培训、承办汉语水平等级考试等办学资质,并在尼泊尔和白俄罗斯建立了孔子课堂。
学院现有专兼职对外汉语教师和中国文化课教师100多人,其中硕士以上学历的教师占到80%。专兼职教师均毕业于北京师范大学、北京外国语大学、上海外国语大学、北京语言大学等知名高校,具有丰富的教学经验和海外教学经历,并先后在津巴布韦、哥斯达黎加等国家外派汉语教师。
学院“三点一线”的校区布局充分满足了在京外籍人员的学习需求。院本部位于拥有“北京最美乡村”之称的朝阳区崔各庄乡,占地面积20余亩,设有教学区、办公区、学生和教师公寓等功能区。此外,设在顺义区耿丹学院内的北校区和位于三里屯白家庄路的南校区为世界各国学员提供了就近学习的便捷条件。
建院至今,累计有来自160多个国家和地区的约7.7万名学员在我院学习汉语,体验中华文化,参加汉语考试。同时,作为国家商务部、外交部和北京市政府有关涉外项目的实施基地,累计承办了国家和北京市政府委托的重大项目100多期,来自亚洲、欧洲、非洲、大洋洲、美洲等近5000名外国政府官员、驻华使馆官员和外国媒体记者参加了培训学习。
多年来,学院坚持“推广汉语,传播中华优秀文化,增进与各国人民教育、文化的交流,加深同各国人民的情谊,为北京国际化大都市服务,为实现中华民族伟大复兴的中国梦服务”的宗旨,追求“高质量服务世界汉语学习者”的培训方向,遵循“学以致用、因需施教、师生互动、教学相长”的教学原则,始终践行“在学习汉语中体验中国文化、在体验中国文化中学习汉语”的教学方式,初步形成了实用汉语教学与中国文化体验相结合的教学特色,体验式教学深受学员欢迎,教学质量得到一致好评。
Beijing International Chinese College (BICC) was established in September of 2005. It was approved by the Beijing Municipal Education Commission and the Beijing Civil Affairs Bureau. Beijing International Chinese College is a professional educational institution devoted to the international promotion of the Chinese language. It is a 5A China Social Organization, Chinese Language International Promotion Center for “The Belt and Road” Countries, Beijing Chinese Language and Cultural Education Center and so on.
The college is permitted to accept foreign students and to invite foreign professionals. It can also organize for foreigner teachers to come to China to study, implement training sessions, and to hold various levels of the HSK examination. It has also established Confucius Classrooms in both Nepal and Belarus.
The college currently employs over 100 part-time and fulltime teachers to teach Chinese culture and Chinese language. Among these teachers, over 80% have an M.A. degree from universities such as Beijing Normal University, Beijing Foreign Studies University, Shanghai International Studies University, and Beijing Foreign Languages and Cultures University. They all have abundant teaching experiences at home and abroad. Some of the teachers previously taught Chinese in Zimbabwe, Costa Rica, and other foreign countries.
The “three interconnected” campuses of the college fully satisfy the needs of the foreign students during their time studying in Beijing. The main campus is located in the Chaoyang district in Cuigezhuang which is known as “Beijing’s most beautiful village.” It occupies more than half an acre. It contains classrooms, offices, student and faculty apartments, and other facilities. Other than this, the northern campus located within the Gengdan Academy in Shunyi district and the southern campus located on Baijiazhuang Rd. in Sanlitun also provide fully equipped and fully functional places for foreigners to study.
From the establishment of the college to today, more than 77000 students from over 160 countries have studied the Chinese language, experienced Chinese culture, and have taken Chinese proficiency tests here. At the same time, as a place where the Ministry of Commerce, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and the Beijing Municipal Government hold various programs, the college has been the place where over 100 national and Beijing municipal programs have been held. Over 5000 diplomats, emissaries, and foreign media reporters from Asia, Europe, Africa, Oceania, and the Americas have participated in various trainings here at the college.
For many years, the college has continued in the direction of “promoting the Chinese language, transmitting Chinese culture, strengthening the educational and cultural exchange between the people of China and other countries, deepening the friendship between China and other countries, serving the internationalization of Beijing city and the realization of the revitalization of the Chinese dream for the Chinese people.” The college has the followed the pedagogic principles of “learning to be useful, teaching in accordance with needs, mutuality of teacher and student, teaching and learning in tandem.” The college has always implemented the teaching of method of “experiencing Chinese culture while learning the Chinese language and learning the Chinese language while experiencing Chinese culture.” It has formed a pedagogic characteristic of combining Chinese language learning with Chinese cultural experience. Students have greatly welcomed this experiential learning method and have highly praised the level of teaching.