This book, divided into three parts, is written in response to the needs of the new era of phonetics teaching and research in international Chinese education. The first part mainly introduces the basic knowledge of modern phonetics and the use of Praat, a phonetic analysis software, the middle part aims to refresh the old and learn the new, so that the general readers can learn more about the new discoveries of Chinese phonetics in addition to the phonetic knowledge of Modern Chinese, and the last part, based on several excellent dissertations of Teaching Chinese as a Second Language major, distills effective research methods and important research results in the form of case studies, expecting to give readers inspiration or reference.

    Cao Wen is a male researcher, doctoral supervisor and postdoctoral co-supervisor of Beijing Language and Culture University (BLCU), as well as an honorary researcher of Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Language Resources, BLCU. He received his Ph.D. degree in Linguistics and Applied Linguistics from the Department of Chinese Language and Literature, Peking University in 2006. He used to be the assistant director of the Center for Studies on Chinese as a Second Language (CSCSL), BLCU, the director of the Phonetics Lab, CSCSL, BLCU, the Chinese director of the Confucius Institute of Faculty of Humanities at McMaster University in Canada, and the dean of the College of Chinese Studies of Faculty of TCSOL, BLCU, and now, he is the dean of the Faculty of Linguistic Sciences, BLCU.

    Suitable for front-line teachers and researchers of international Chinese education, and postgraduate students majoring in international Chinese education or phonetics.