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Research on Idiom Teaching in Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language

Author(s)

Tao Shuang

Affiliation(s)

Department of University International College, Macau University of Science and Technology, Macao, China

Abstract

The paper deals with teaching idioms within teaching Chinese as a foreign language and tries to analyze the current situation, problems, strategies, and methods of effective teaching of idioms. It first clarifies the definition, classification, and cultural role of idioms in Chinese and then reflects on the current problems in teaching idioms within TCSL, pointing out shortcomings with regard to a lack of systematicity in teaching materials, inadequate explanation of cultural background, and difficulties in its practical application by students. It puts forward that a teaching strategy should be based on contextualization and task-driven in response to these problems and explores the ways to use such technological innovation as multimedia teaching tools and online learning platforms to improve idiomatic phrases teaching. At last, it emphasized that it is rather important to combine the teaching of idioms with the teaching of culture and then put forward the ways to help students gain a better idiomatic expression understanding and usage with fresh teaching methods and technical support in order to improve their cross-cultural communication competence.

Keywords

Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language; Idiom Teaching; Cultural Teaching; Teaching Strategies; Multimedia Assistance

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