Secondary School Chinese Language Teachers’ Satisfaction with Online Training during COVID-19 Pandemic in Cameroon

Abstract

In recent years, the number of Secondary school Chinese language teachers has been increasing in Cameroon. Based on the “Central and West Africa” training model of the Confucius Institute in Cameroon, this study investigated the degree of satisfaction of Cameroonian secondary school Chinese language teachers with online training during the COVID-19 pandemic through the use of questionnaire and interview methods. This study found that teachers’ satisfaction with online training ranged between “moderately” and “sli- ghtly”, with the lowest degree of satisfaction regarding the online training platform. In addition, some shortcomings with the training instructor’s per- formance, courses content, training services and effectiveness have been identified. Furthermore, this study also revealed that the training environment, teachers’ motivation, and family burden are correlated with teachers’ satisfaction with the online training. To address these issues, this study concludes with some practical recommendations, such as the urgent need for teachers to take the initiative to actively participate in online training, in order to improve their professional knowledge, strengthen and diversify the use of online training platforms, develop a fully integrated online training system; improve the practicality of the content of online training courses; and finally enhance the interaction between trainers and trainees.