Monday, 04 March 2024 10:14

Announcement for the Enrolment for the Upcoming CTCSOL Exam in 2024 at the Athens Business Confucius Institute!

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The International Chinese Teacher Certificate examination (Certificate for Teachers of Chinese to Speakers of Other Languages, CTCSOL) is a standardized examination sponsored by the Sino-Foreign Language Exchange and Cooperation Center of the Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China. This certificate is a priority for overseas Confucius Institutes to recruit Chinese teachers; a reference for schools and evaluating institutions to select and evaluate Chinese and teachers; a reference for evaluating the faculty and teaching strength of international Chinese teaching institutions.

Athens, founded in 2009, is the first Confucius Institute in Greece and the first business Confucius Institute in Europe. Over the past ten years of development, the Confucius Institute for Business in Athens has graduated nearly 3,000 students and offers 15 courses every year. It is a model of Chinese teaching in Greece. As the only international Chinese Teacher Certificate examination center officially authorized by Hankao International in Greece, the Confucius Institute of Athens Business University has successfully held the teacher certificate examination for three consecutive years.

【Test enrolment and test time】

  • Enrolment time for the written test: March 5-14, 2024. The enrolment system will be open at 10:00 on March 5th, Beijing time. This test will no longer take the form of forecast name, please pay the fee directly after enrolment.
  • The written test time: April 13, 2024

Results: May 14, 2024

Those who pass the written test can continue to apply for the interview. The interview will be held at the Athens Business Confucius Institute on June 30th.

【Examination form】

The written test part will be held offline on paper at the Confucius Institute for Business in Athens.

The interview will be also held offline at the Confucius Institute in Athens.

Confucius Institute for Business in Athens Evelpidon 29, Athina 113 62.

【Enrolment object】

The International Chinese Teacher Certificate exam is divided into "general version" and "local version".

The general version of the test is applicable to: 1) Chinese people who are interested in international Chinese education; 2) master a foreign language; 3) those who pass the written test or interview must have a national recognized bachelor's degree to apply for the certificate.

The local version is applicable to: 1) non-Chinese people, love international Chinese education, and are committed to spreading Chinese and Chinese culture; 2) college degree or above (including fresh graduates); 3) Chinese level equivalent to HSK (Grade 5) or HSKK (intermediate).

【Enrolment website】www.chineseteacher.org.cn

【Enrolment process】

(2)Online enrolment: choose the test site (examination site: Athens Business Confucius Institute) and test time (test time: April 13), improve the personal information (pay attention to the authenticity and integrity of the information, must be consistent with the information on the enrolment certificate), upload my recent (6 months) bareheaded positive electronic id photos, confirm the enrolment information after submitted.

Note: Candidates are not allowed to take the exams abroad.

(3)Payment for examination fee: Please pay the fee immediately after enrolment. Successful payment of the fee is regarded as successful enrolment, overdue failure to pay the fee as abandonment of enrolment. After the fee cannot be refunded and the test site and test date can be changed. If the number of applicants at the test site reaches the upper limit, the enrolment channel will be closed in advance. Candidates who have not yet paid the fee will not be able to pay the test fee. Candidates can try to register for other test centers.

(4)Payment method: The enrolment and payment method is the bank transfer and payment. The enrolment fee for the written test in Greece is 120 euros. Please specify the candidate's name and purpose during the transfer, and send the transfer receipt to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

The bank information is as follows:

Bank name:National Bank of Greece

Account title:OPA\ELKE\Athens Business Confucius Institute

Account information:110\4 8015 124

IBAN: GR20 0110 1100 0000 1104 8015 124

Please pay the fee during the enrolment period. You cannot pay the fee overdue. The test site and the test date cannot be changed after successful payment.

(5)Print the admission ticket: Candidates who register successfully, please print the admission ticket from April 5-12, 2024, Log in to the enrolment website to print the admission ticket. Please print the admission ticket before the test day. It will not be printed on the test day. Those who do not carry the admission ticket and the original enrolment certificate are prohibited to take the examination.

【Results query】

Candidates can log on to the www.chineseteacher.org within 20 working days after the test. Cn, enter the admission ticket number and name to query the result. Those who meet the required written test scores can apply for the interview with the International Chinese Teacher Certificate. If you pass the written test and fail the interview, the written test result will be valid for two years. Those who meet the requirements for the written test and interview can apply for the International Chinese Teacher Certificate within two years after the announcement of the interview results. If the results will be invalid and they cannot apply for the certificate again.

【 bibliography 】

  1. Outline of International Chinese Teacher Certificate. The People's Education Press

2. Analysis of the Outline of International Chinese Teacher Certificate. The People's Education Press

3. International Chinese Teaching Case and Analysis (Revised version). Zhu Yong edited the Higher Education Press

4. " Intercultural Communication. Zu Xiaomei, edited by Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press

5. <International Chinese Teacher Certificate>. The People's Education Press

6. "A Detailed Explanation of the Classic Cases of International Chinese Teachers". The People's Education Press

7. Chinese Vocabulary and Vocabulary Teaching. Wu Zhongwei edited the People's Education Publishing House

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