Applied Research on Drama in Teaching Chinese as a Second Language

摘要

Second language teaching and learning with the medium of drama playing is an innovative pedagogy, which is helpful to develop learners' intercultural communicative competence, and stimulate learners' sense of cooperation and learning motivation by affording a simulated real social context, authentic communicative tasks and a holistic learning mode. Therefore it is necessary to introduce dramatics into Teaching Chinese as a Second Language in view of the current situation of International Chinese Education. The research conducts a teaching practice based on the theoretical foundations and teaching practices made by predecessors, providing a teaching case with specific procedures, a detailed teaching feedback survey, and also discusses some challenges and limitations of the application of drama in TCSL, hoping to provide a valuable reference for TCSL teachers.