The knowledge about Chinese Pinyin, radicals in Chinese characters and strokes are important for foreign students to study Chinese. Therefore, they should master them firmly. We can train them by holding a game for competing to consult the dictionary. First of all, students should prepare a Chinese-English and English-Chinese Dictionary. In this game, the most important thing for the students who study Chinese is the speed of finding the words from dictionary. One of the widely used ways is to write some new words on the blackboard and ask students to consult the dictionary for meaning by providing the pronunciation without tones.
It is important for students to understand the Chinese language questions when communicating with Chinese people when they studying Chinese in China. Therefore, the interesting race to be the first to answer the questions is very beneficial. It would be better if the students can answer the unconventional questions tactfully. For example, for the question 一个盒子有几个边, the foreigners who study Chinese can answer it 两个（里边和外边）. Teachers can repeat the questions and answers again and again to make students clear about them.