Chinese language spreading in South Africa

Jamie Cripwell, the other first prize winner, makes a speech in Chinese. [Photo/Xinhua]

Ahmed Bawa, chancellor of Durban University of Technology, said there are now more chances for people to use Chinese in daily life.

Because more people in South Africa have begun to learn Chinese, the shortage of teachers has become more obvious. Zhang Jun, head of the Confucius Institute at Rhodes University, said the sustainable way is to train local Chinese teachers.

Except for language study, there should be more courses on Chinese literature, culture and poems in South African universities, according to Alban Bourque, head of the Confucius Institute at the University of Johannesburg, People who learn Chinese while studying different majors should have different textbooks, such as business Chinese as well as tourism Chinese.