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Shengli Feng (馮勝利), Professor, East Asian Languages and Civilizations, Harvard University
| DATE: | Wednesday, March 12, 2008, 4:00 pm |
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| PLACE: | 130 Dwinelle Hall, UC Berkeley |
| SPONSORS: | National Center for Chinese Language Pedagogy Center for Chinese Studies East Asian Languages and Cultures |
提要：本讲首先介绍赵元任先生奠定的海外汉语教学的传统和模式，然后通过Ullman 提出的人脑及语言习得模式，讨论海外汉语教学的一般原则和实践。最后，根据赵氏
和Ullman的原则以及我们自己的实践，提出：（１）海外汉语教学的基本原则当以能否带来或产生更大的 "训练效果 (Practice Effects)" 为准则，（２）近来发展的“结构功能
教学法”—— 每一结构均有功能，每种功能皆有结构。语言教学，必须两兼而不能偏废。分三个题目讲述：
一、海外汉语教学的哈佛传统
二、神经语言学研究的新成果
三、理论指导下的基本原则（外语教学的基本原则和结构功能教学观）
This talk discusses basic principles and practices of teaching Chinese as a foreign language (TCFL) in the United States, based on the pedagogical model developed by Y. R. Chao in the 40's, and the Declarative/Procedural model discovered recently by Ullman (2001). It is shown that Y.R. Chao's teaching principles are solidly confirmed by recent studies of neurosciences and that Practice Effects must be taken as an ultimate criterion, by which all L2 theories and practices are examined and evaluated not only for Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language but also for L2 teaching of all human languages. More specifically, I will elaborate on some important issues in the field, including (1) the northern American tradition of Direct Method established by Professor Yuen Ren Chao, (2) the Neuroscience-based evidence for Yuenren-Tradition, and (3) some empirical principles and results derived from the "structural-function approach" developed recently. Finally, it is argued that no matter how the L2 theories are formed, drilling always goes first.