Author(s)

Yang Zhou, Jingyang Wang

Corresponding Author

Yang Zhou

ABSTRACT

Chinese idiom is the essence of the combination between Chinese language and Chinese culture. It conveys rich cultural information and possesses a specific structural pattern as well as the cultural connotation. As a special group of Chinese vocabulary, Chinese idiom has always been the interest of foreign students who are studying Chinese. However, the Chinese idiom is both the focus point and difficult point of Chinese vocabulary studying for Chinese language learners. It usually takes considerable amount of time for the language learners to acquire the usage of the idioms completely. Chinese idiom, which plays an indispensable role in language learning and cultural communication, has a quite important and significant influence on the teaching process of TCFL. This paper aims to discuss the importance of Chinese idioms as well as the current situation of idioms teaching, and finally to propose the strategies of idioms teaching in TCFL.

KEYWORDS

Chinese idiom, TCFL, teaching strategies