According to my finding, I want to introduce the methods I use as following to the students who study Mandarin. 1. The comparison of Chinese and Western language talking speed Teachers measure and compare the talking speed of Spanish and Chinese together with students who study Mandarin and find how many syllables of Chinese and […]
There are many set phrases in Chinese language. Just like any other kind of language, set phrases inChinese language carry great cultural background. If students who study Chinese want to understand the meaning they should know the cultural background first. “昙花一现” is a well-known phrase in China, which is noted in “The Contemporary Chinese Dictionary” as “the broad-leaved epiphyll, […]
Because of the factors of globalization and immigration, the language teaching environment becomes diversification. As the expansion of a language spreading range and the increasing number of learners, language teaching environment will be more diversified. English is the lingua franca in the whole world. In China, all kinds of English teaching and tests are one […]
Since there are numerous Chinese characters, the appearance of some components of Chinese characters looks similar. As a result, Chinese people in ancient times might write the components incorrectly under the influence of another similar one in the process of writing. If you study in Mandarin language courses in China, you might have learned some characters […]
From the appearance, the foreign students who learn in Chinese language school can see that both phrase 客人来了and 来客人了 are composed of the same words with the similar meanings. However, the different structures lead to the different meanings they expressed. In order to express meanings correctly and apply them properly to the daily conversation, the learners should […]
As times goes by, China become stronger in comprehensive national power. With the promoting international status, more westerners come to learn Chinese in China. As the nation of this language, China should take the most responsibility to construct China as the base and center of world Chinese language teaching. Obviously, we can see that the workers of teaching Chinese language […]
The southeastern Asia area includes mainly the ten countries such as Singapore, Philippine, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, Vietnam, Burma, Cambodia, Brunei and Laos. Those who attend to school to study Mandarin in China might be told that this area has the most overseas Chinese. You may know that one of the official languages in Singapore is Chinese. Before […]
As we all know, Chinese vocabulary has a really wide scope with rich contents. Generally speaking, the foreigners who learn in a qualified Mandarin program will learn that the contents of vocabulary standardization in Chinese language include four aspects, the first one of which is the standardization of dialectal words. When mentioning the dialects, it […]
Some foreign learners may think it is difficult for them to study Chinese well. As a matter of fact, Chinese language is not as difficult as they think to learn. Maybe they just use the improper method t learn so they find it is hard. Most of them carry some wrong ideas about learning Chinese. Only after correcting those misunderstanding […]
When foreigners began to learn Chinese in China, they may feel confused by some characters or words that have the similar meanings or functions. For the purpose of helping them to solve this problem, this essay will explain one difficult point in detail. The three characters “还”, “再” and “又” is a difficult point for those […]