The cognitive approach in language learning proposed by Skehan gave a new birth to the task-centered teaching because he explained the theoretical basis of task-based teaching. Foreigners who study Chinese may be told that the application of language depends on rules system and the words system. We should know there are three goals for language application, namely, […]
Firstly, for students to study in China, we’d better to take a look at the first pair of vocabulary: 爱戴 “aidai” vs. 敬爱“jing’ai” ，both of them are verbs, meaning to respect and advocate ：我们非常爱戴周总理。We respect Premier Zhou very much. /值得爱戴respectable “敬爱”“jing’ai” the honorable both of the two words contain the connotation of “respect” and “beloved”, however, […]
For a better language learning, proper interesting methods should be applied to the teaching process. The method will be introduced in this article should be the method of calling the roll with numbers. First of all, teachers give one number to each student like 1, 2, 3and 4 and so on the teachers start to […]
Teachers from Chinese language school where you learn Mandarin in the city of Kunming will tell you that you should know many Chinese words if you want to learn better. However the difficult point is to remember them firmly and tell the differences with the words similar in meaning. The words “感到” and “觉得” are often explained in detail […]
Reading always begins with the recognition of letters, which is called the stage of scanning. The scanned information will be transferred by the speech sounds then the learners who study Chinese can recognize the words with the help of the mental dictionary. That is to say, the information is transferred from speech sounds into meanings. Then the […]
After students have studied Chinese for a period of time, they should be able to read independently. On the contrary, we can also study Chinese language in the reading. In the following parts, some sentences will be given, among which one is incorrect. Students should find out the incorrect ones according to what they have learned. The […]
Though much research has done on the methods of TCSL, no further research is conducted to change the strategies into practical teaching contents. The research mostly centers on the perception of vocabulary and the single word. Once the reading strategies are set as the teaching goal, the planning, operation and the compiling of the teaching […]
You may learn some complicated and simple words in free Chinese lesson. But the important thing is that you can explain the complicated words by simple ones. In 空调在冬天使用频率低, 频率 is a difficult word for you to understand, it means the frequency we use something. So we can replace it with次数, meaning the times we use […]
There are three standards to evaluate the language performance of one speaker. The three standards are accuracy, fluency and complexity. Different focus on different aspects may result in different outcome of the language performance. Before we come to the standards of evaluation of language performance, let‘s talk about the definition of the three standards. Accuracy […]
Generally speaking, the main purpose of reading is for the understanding of the meaning of the sentences or texts. However, sometimes, the grammar errors in the reading materials may mislead you. Therefore, you need to learn some frequently seen mistakes when learning Mandarin Chinese. For example, 今天村长格外高兴，他已经被委任拥有至高荣誉的证婚人. This sentence intends to indicate that the village head […]