Abstract

In international Chinese education, Chinese tones as the basic knowledge of Chinese phonetics has a considerable importance. However, for foreign students from Central Asia whose native language is non-tonal language, tone is a painful and difficult point in the process of learning Chinese phonetics. The present study analyzes and discusses the situation of Chinese tones bias among international students in Central Asia, and proposes specific teaching strategies: visualizing the means of teaching tone knowledge, diversifying the forms of teaching tone knowledge, and specifying the contents of teaching tone knowledge, in order to broaden the ideas of teaching phonetic tones in international Chinese education and improve the efficiency of learning Chinese tones among international students in Central Asia

Keywords

Chinese Tones; Teaching Strategies; International Students in Central Asia; International Chinese Education

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