Professor Ngo Bao Chau supports self-selection in learning Chinese and Russian.
“It is progress for children to be able to choose one of five languages to learn as their first foreign language. Obviously, among those five languages, Chinese must be included,” said Professor Ngo Bao Chau.
On September 24, Professor Ngo Bao Chau shared on his personal page his opinion in support of teaching Chinese and Russian to Vietnamese children. According to the professor, Vietnamese children used to learn English because America was the richest country in the world. Or there was a time when the Soviet Union was so great that children had to learn Russian. Therefore, being able to choose one of the five languages to learn as a first foreign language is progressive, and among them, Chinese must be included.> View status details
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Professor Ngo Bao Chau supports children choosing to learn English as their main foreign language. |
Professor Ngo Bao Chau also added that learning Chinese is to be able to trade with Chinese people and to understand neighboring countries.
Professor Ngo Bao Chau's views have attracted attention with more than 7,000 "likes" and more than 400 shares. Many opinions expressed agreement with the views expressed by Professor Ngo Bao Chau. Professor Ha Huy Khoi commented: "If it is not compulsory, but self-selected, then of course the more things to choose from, the better."
Facebooker Thanh Tran-Trong disagrees with the above opinion. "Not good! Those who like to learn can learn, there is no need to popularize. Since the Polish people stopped learning Russian, they have developed rapidly, and still trade with Russia. Learning to speak Chinese is easy, but signing contracts in Mandarin is very difficult. Business should be signed in English, it is more protected."
On September 17, the Ministry of Education and Training proposed to pilot teaching Chinese and Russian to third graders from 2017. This viewpoint has caused much controversy in the community.
According to VNE
