This is the first book that applies the teaching design theory and methods to the field of Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language (TCFL). The book has altogether 12 chapters, in which the first two chapters briefly introduce the basic framework, theoretical basis and guideline of the teaching design, Chapter 2 ~ Chapter 8 introduce the seven essential factors of teaching design, Chapter 9 ~ Chapter 12 discuss the teaching design of Chinese language. Using the teaching design theory and methods, these chapters also explore the design of Chinese teaching projects, textbooks and classroom teaching.
Cui Yonghua, a professor at BLCU, has been devoted to Chinese language teaching and research in BLCU since 1981 when he graduated from the Chinese Department of Peking University with a Master’s degree in literature. Mr. Cui used to teach in Oberlin College (the US), the Summer Chinese Program of Middlebury Institute (the US), University of G?ttingen (Germany), and The University of Sheffield (the UK). Cui’s research mainly focuses on Chinese grammar, Chinese language teaching, Chinese information processing, and language teaching theories. Cui’s previous works include: 1) monographs: Classroom Techniques for Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language, Teaching and Research of Chinese as a Foreign Language and An Introduction to Design of Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language; 2) scores of academic papers; 3) Chinese textbooks (editor or co-editor): New Concept Chinese, Standard Course of Chinese, and Learning Chinese.