Abstract:International Chinese language education is a comprehensive system, and its disciplinary framework can be categorized into three successively expanding concentric circles. Inner circle is the international Chinese language teaching practice and research, concentrating on the cultivation or construction of learners’ Chinese language skills. At present, the focus of international Chinese language education has shifted from the Chinese language teaching for international students in China to how to run a rich and diverse Chinese language education around the world. It revolves around two major types of teaching, namely teaching Chinese as a foreign language and teaching Chinese as a heritage language. Middle circle is the educational practice and research of international Chinese language teachers, which focuses on the cultivation or construction of international Chinese teachers’ teaching ability as well as the planning of teacher education system, emphasizing the cultivation of talents in different disciplines. Outer circle is the practice and research of international Chinese language inheritance and communication, which attends to the ability of overseas Chinese language inheritance and international Chinese language communication. Its goal is the promotion of mutual learning between Chinese and foreign civilizations, and its key is system construction. International Chinese language teaching, as the core of this enterprise, relies on international Chinese teacher education and underpins the international Chinese language inheritance and communication. International Chinese language education is a new name of the discipline established after Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language and Teaching Chinese to Speakers of Other Languages. The theoretical system of the subject and the academic discourse system should be continuously improved according to the needs of the development of the discipline and career.
曹贤文,李蕊君. 国际中文教育学科框架与内涵构想[J]. 语言战略研究, 2023, 8(6): 11-21.
Cao Xianwen and Li Ruijun. Reflections on the Connotation and Disciplinary Framework of International Chinese Language Education. , 2023, 8(6): 11-21.