The task-based teaching method is effective in helping foreign learners to study Chinese. About the task choosing and classification, Candlin proposed a series of standards, including cognitive load, communication pressure, specifically and universality, code complexity and understanding density as well as the continuity of the process. If teachers can deal with these properly when foreigners study Chinese, […]
Prefix and suffix are two morphological marks of nouns in Chinese language. Therefore, students who want to study Mandarin Chinese must learn them for better understanding. The first one we learn when we study Chinese is the prefix. In the following parts, some prefixes frequently-used in Chinese will be exampled and explained. The first one is “阿” that often used […]
Nowadays, the multimedia technology has been widely used in the second language teaching. Comparing with the traditional teaching methods, the multimedia measure has many irreplaceable advantages. It can cover some shortages of the traditional teaching, bringing great change to Chinese language teaching. Teachers in Chinese language school can make full use of the multimedia technology to enrich the teaching […]
For every Chinese language learner, they will learn the interrogation at the very beginning of the process oflearning Mandarin Chinese. In total, there are four types of interrogation in Chinese language students should learn. The first one is the Yes or No question with “吗？”, which is formed by adding the inquisitive modal particle “吗” to the end of […]
During the process when the learners study Chinese, they often see many conjunctions applied to connect the sentences in the texts which are confusing. The conjunctions can be divided into three classifications, one of which will be explained is the type has the function of strengthening. Such kind of conjunctions is those to give necessary […]
For high efficiency in Chinese language teaching, teachers should apply some interesting methods to increase students‘ learning interest and strengthening the memory. For the learning of Chinese characters, the strokes are very important and some games can be applied to help them remember the strokes of characters. For example, teachers can show the character 大 […]
Holding activities in classes is a beneficial way for foreigners to study Chinese effectively. Performing the stories is often used in Chinese language classes. First of all, the teachers should tell a story. But the story should be not so complicated and three or four figures are perfect like the story of Mr. Dongguo and the wolf. After teacher […]
The modifying compounds are the type of words that the morphemes of expressing explanation, modification and limitation are placed in the former part. When you study Chinese, you should know the latter part is mainly expressing the meanings. One point we should pay attention to is that the meaning of the latter morpheme is the most […]
The associated structure is composed of two or more coordinate components. During the process when you study Chinese at school, the teachers may tell you the internal structures of the associated structure are similar, including the syllables and parts of speech. For instance, in the associated structure 笔墨纸砚, learners who study Chinese can see the four coordinate components are […]
When foreign learners study Chinese, they should learn the compound words of the structure”verb + adjective”. The morphemes before such kind of words are usually verbal, indicating a certain motion. And the morphemes after it supply and illustrate the result of the motion. Foreigners who study Chinese should know the words of this structure can be used to […]