漢語將納入俄羅斯高考可選科目體系

Russia's national college entrance exam will include Mandarin as an elective foreign language, according to Sergey Kravtsov, Russia's deputy minister of education and science.

俄羅斯教科部副部長謝爾蓋·克拉夫佐夫近日表示，漢語將作爲一門可選科目納入俄羅斯全國大學入學統一考試。

The three-year preparation work was completed in 2017, including technologies for written and oral tests, reference materials and talent reserves, he said.

他表示，爲期三年的準備工作已在2017年完成，筆試和口試所需的技術支持、參考材料和人才儲備等均已到位。

Mandarin will soon become the fifth elective test item for the Russian college entrance exam, in addition to English, German, French and Spanish.

漢語即將作爲繼英語、德語、法語和西班牙語後的第五門可選擇外語納入俄羅斯高考。

Russia's Education Supervision Bureau was aiming to include Mandarin in the final exam for ninth-graders by 2018, and for 11th-graders in their college entrance exam by 2020.

俄羅斯教育督導局的目標是在2018年之前將漢語納入到九年級的期末考試當中，並在2020年之前納入十一年級的大學入學統一考試當中。

The study of Mandarin has grown in tandem with increasing cooperation in trade and economics between China and Russia.

近年來，隨着中俄經貿往來日益頻繁，俄羅斯興起漢語學習的潮流。

The number of Mandarin learners in Russia has grown two-fold in the past 10 years, from 17,000 in 2007 to 56,000 in 2017, according to a survey of a regional research center of linguistics in Russia.

根據俄羅斯語言研究中心的一項調查顯示，在過去的十年裏，俄羅斯的漢語學習者的數量增長了兩倍，從2007年的17000人增加到了2017年的56000人。

Insiders from the Russian education industry confirmed students with both relevant professional backgrounds and Mandarin proficiency are more competitive in job applications.

俄羅斯教育產業內部人員證實，既有專業知識背景又精通中文的學生在求職時會擁有更高的競爭力。