Teaching Chinese as a Second Language and Research on the Chinese Language Itself

Author: Li Baoqi
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Publish Date: 2005-05-01
Features: Teaching Chinese as a second language is an integrated project that requires the improvement of language and writing standards, support from scientific research and general education, qualified teachers, and multilingual and multi-level teaching materials. It also needs support from translation and publishing. It is essential to establish a scientific perspective on the development of language and writing, and to enhance the linguistic literacy of the entire society. For the comprehensive development of teaching Chinese as a second language, it is crucial to establish a well-planned language status, scientifically and rationally determine the role of each language in education, and elevate the status of the national language. This is the top priority. Unity in action and adherence to the law are the guarantees for effective planning. To improve teaching Chinese as a second language and enhance teaching effectiveness, it is necessary to strengthen the study of the Chinese language itself to clearly explain its rules. Connect semantics and expression to study the structure of the language, and explain the interrelationships among structure, semantics, and expression. Additionally, it is important to strengthen contrastive studies between Chinese and other languages, identifying both the commonalities and differences between Chinese and various languages, particularly the most commonly used foreign languages.