(1160) A CONTEXTUALIZED APPROACH TO TEACHING CHINESE IN THE NON-NATIVE ENVIRONMENT: A CASE STUDY AT RHODES UNIVERSITY, SOUTH AFRICA

摘要

Recent literature on 2nd language teaching has contained much information on and support for thecontextualized approach, which indicates that opportunities must be provided for students to practiceusing language in a range of contexts likely to be encountered in the target culture.As China's economy booms and communications with the world have seen rapid growth, there hasalso been a sharp increase in the world's demand for Chinese teaching. However, though a great dealof Chinese learners are learning domestically, most learners are learning overseas, in the non-nativeenvironment.The purpose of the article is to explore how to provide students with much more practical opportunitiesto learn Chinese in a non-native environment.