Strategies for Implementing Online Teaching of Chinese as a Foreign Language: A Case Study of Confucius Institute at Kenyatta University
Abstract
The case study examines the challenges and countermeasures of implementing online teaching of Chinese as a foreign language (CFL). A pilot study on online teaching of CFL at Confucius institute at Kenyatta University has been conducted via survey and questionnaire. This study identifi es elements that generates impacts on teaching Chinese as a foreign language, including a lack of access to internet, challenges of inadequate technology knowledge and a lack of opportunities to experience culture in an immersive context. Therefore, countermeasures are put out accordingly so that the online teaching of CFL can be carried out more eff ectively.
Keywords
Chinese as a foreign language (CFL); Online teaching; Challenges and countermeasures
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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.18686/ahe.v7i24.10034
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