A Review of Research on the Chinese Learning Needs of Young People in India

Abstract

As of the end of 2018, there were a total of 135 Confucius Institutes and 115 Confucius Classrooms in 39 Asian countries, but there were only two Confucius Institutes in India, namely the Confucius Institute at Vellore University of Technology and the Confucius Institute at the University of Mumbai. Some scholars have conducted in-depth research on the current situation of Chinese teaching in some universities and Confucius Institutes offering Chinese majors in India, trying to disclose the current problems of Chinese teaching in India; some scholars have also comparatively analyzed the similarities and differences between Hindi and Chinese, aiming at declosing the difficulties such as pronunciation and grammar in the process of learning Chinese, and the teaching suggestions are made. However, there are very few studies on the Chinese learning needs of Indian young people. Learner needs analysis plays an important role in second language teaching. As the mainstay of India's future development, Indian young people's needs for learning Chinese are not only an important part of national Chinese teaching research, but also have a profound impact and implications for the development of Chinese education.