中文外語教學：挑戰與準則

Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language: Challenges and Principles

本篇文章首先討論在美國中等及高等教育體制內教授中文可能會面臨到之挑戰。文章第二部分提出兩項在設計課程及課堂授課時能運用的準則供教師們參考。作者希望能夠藉由這篇文章將美國的中文教育簡單地介紹給有興趣到美國任教的新手老師。

This paper starts with discussions about some challenges in teaching Chinese as a foreign language (CFL) in grades 8-12， college， and graduate levels in the United States. In the second half of the paper， two perspectives in CFL pedagogy are noted with the foci on the relationships between language and culture and the five Cs in the U.S. National Standard for Foreign Language Education. In light of expanding interest in teaching Chinese in the United States， the motivation for this paper is to provide those interested teachers with an initial understanding of Chinese language education in the United States.