China Sends 400 Volunteers To Teach Mandarin In Thailand

[LaoPo]

China sends 400 volunteers to teach Mandarin in Thailand

BEIJING, June 4 (Xinhua) -- China sent more than 400 volunteers to teach Mandarin in Thailand, the largest number of volunteers since China launched its program to send volunteers abroad to teach the Chinese language, the overseas edition of People's Daily reported on Monday.

This is the fourth batch of volunteers sent to Thailand since China launched the teaching program in 2004.

Last April the Office of Chinese Language Council International (OCLCI) trained volunteers from six Chinese provinces and 700 have been selected to teach Mandarin in Thailand, the Philippines and the Republic of Korea.

On May 30, 174 volunteers arrived in the Philippines to begin their year as teachers of Mandarin.

China has sent more than 2,800 volunteers to teach Mandarin overseas and 1,500 volunteers are currently teaching Mandarin in 34 countries.

"China is planning to organize more training programs for volunteers and dispatch more Chinese language teachers overseas to meet the surging demand for Mandarin learning," Xue Hualing, director of the OCLCI's volunteer center, was quoted as saying.

According to the Ministry of Education, about 30 million people outside China are now studying Chinese. It expects the figure will hit 100 million by 2010. In China the number of foreigners studying Mandarin has grown from 36,000 ten years ago to 110,000 this year.

From:

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-06/...ent_6195609.htm

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[richard10365]

I wonder what they will get paid?

[otherstuff1957]

The schools must be licking their chops over this. How much do you think they'll charge the students to study with the volunteers?

[PRGUY]

Good strategy in colonising the world! lol!

[expatwannabe]

The schools must be licking their chops over this. How much do you think they'll charge the students to study with the volunteers?

Now that is funny!

[artao]

Good strategy in colonising the world! lol!

dude!

Teaching Chinese in Thai has premitted by Thailand goverment. and I think Thai-Chinese will resume speak their ancestral language!

[thainong]

I wonder what they will get paid?

I wonder this word as Volunteer is correctly used by the Chinese Authority. These volunteers are paid 10,000 bahts a month with US Dollars 200 a month from the Chinese government.

[stevemiddie]

Our " Volunteer " receives 8000 baht a month.

[candoman89]

Do they have the required work permits? Background checks? Police verification statements? Proper degrees?

hmmmmmmmmmmmmm