On March 5, 2016, a HSK (Chinese Proficiency Test) instruction training programme for domestic and foreign Chinese teaching instructors successfully concluded.

The programme, jointly sponsored by the Open University of China (OUC) and the TRAMPIL Indonesia Foundation, had 180 participants. The training fully utilized the advantages of distance open education, proceeding online and offline simultaneously and operating from several teaching centres located domestically and abroad, including Bandung, Surabaya, Jakarta, Pontianak, Pekan, Medan, and Bali in Indonesia, and Beijing, Xi’an, etc. in China. Trainees were Chinese-teaching instructors at primary and middle schools in Indonesia, as well as from colleges and universities in Indonesia and Xi’an, China.

Simultaneous connection at ten sites in China and Indonesia

This training is the 8th of its kind since the OUC and TRAMPIL Indonesia Foundation established a cooperative partnership. It is yet another innovative practice providing career support for Chinese teaching instructors both domestically and abroad, set against the new background of “Internet + Education.” Compared with traditional training programmes, this pattern not only used remote live broadcasting throughout the entire course, but also realized real-time interaction during Q&A and resource sharing between teachers and students, which helped learners easily experience online, face-to-face study of Chinese anytime, anywhere.

Training graduation ceremony held by Kampus Universitas Nasional, Indonesia

Teaching site in Beijing 

Media like the Indonesian International Daily and HARIAN NUSANTARA reported or reprinted the training.

In 2016, the OUC Chinese Language Centre will continue to cooperate with TRAMPIL Indonesia Foundation in training teachers, teaching the Chinese language, and operating winter/summer camps to train Indonesian teachers.

By Xu Xiaoxiao and Wang Li, OUC