Chinese as a Second and Foreign Language Education Pedagogy and Psyc
This book presents key issues in the teaching of Chinese as a second or foreign language (TCSL or TCFL). It investigates how multimedia can help to assist TCSL/TCFL and explores practical effects of multimedia-assisted teaching at secondary schools in the
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CHINESE AS A SECOND AND FOREIGN LANGUAGE EDUCATION Pedagogy and Psychology
Chinese as a Second and Foreign Language Education
Qiao Yu Cai
Chinese as a Second and Foreign Language Education Pedagogy and Psychology
Qiao Yu Cai NTCU Taichung City, Taiwan
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Preface
Teaching Chinese as a second or foreign language (TCSL or TCFL) started in the 1950s, and has grown rapidly in more recent decades when China started to exert its global and economic power—a growing number of non-native speakers of Chinese became interested in learning the language. Subsequently, TCSL/TCFL scholars and educators have dedicated themselves to inventing and implementing effective pedagogy applicable to Chinese classrooms. In academia, there is a common saying: “Theories without practice are empty, and practice without theories is blind.” I embarked on my TCSL and TCFL career in 2003, working as a Chinese instructor, and in 2010, I became an assistant professor and a teacher-trainer. My many years of involvement in various educational domains have also convinced me how essential it is to combine theoretical and practical work, especially in TCSL/TCFL. I believe that to become a truly distinguished educational discipline with a long-lasting and geographical reach, scholars in TCSL/ TCFL should also be passionate about teaching p
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