A Comparative Study On The Grammar Point Teaching Ability Of Chinese And Foreign Chinese Masters In International Education

Masters of Teaching Chinese to Speakers of Other Language(MTCSOL)are overseas high level,versatile and applied talents.The difference between Academic Master and Professional Master is its professionalism and practicalness.Teaching ability is the core of the ability structure for MTCSOL,determining its future teaching effectiveness.Therefore,the training of teaching ability has become the focus of MTCSOL’s cultivation.So,what teaching ability they should possess,how the Institute should cultivate,how good the students’ teaching ability is,how good the current training mechanism is,and etc.have become the focus of academic attention.In order to show the achievements of Chinese and foreign MTCSOL,promote the reform of the training mode of MTCSOL,promote the exchange between the training institutions,and improve the students’ training quality and level,the second Confucius Institute Cup of Teaching Contest among MTCSOL was co-organized by Confucius Institute Headquarters/Hanban and National Graduate Education Steering Committee of International Education in Chinese,and held by the Beijing Language and Culture University.After a fierce fight,twenty domestic and alien contestants from six colleges and universities in twelve countries finally entered the finals.In this paper,20 Chinese and foreign competitors’ play videos in the teaching field of grammar points are selected,amounting to 120 minutes,to do text transcription.The author makes qualitative and quantitative analysis on each specific teaching procedure of Chinese and foreign contestants.On this basis,the author makes comparisons and poses contrasts between domestic and alien competitors’ grammar teaching abilities,identify their respective advantages and problems,and offer proposals to improve the teaching abilities of MTCSOL.Chinese and foreign MTCSOL has something in common in their grammar teaching abilities.They can finish the specified grammar teaching tasks in prescriptive six minutes with a complete teaching process.However,the teaching time is not reasonably allocated between each teaching procedure,and teaching content accuracy cannot be ensured.They also show four differences.First,on the distribution of instructions and exercises,Chinese MTCSOL gives priority to explanations while foreign MTCSOL attaches importance to exercises.Second,in the aspect of classroom atmosphere,Chinese MTCSOL creates a serious atmosphere while foreign MTCSOL builds relaxed and lively atmosphere.Third,on the time distribution between specific teaching procedures,Chinese MTCSOL loses control while foreign MTCSOL can handle it better.Finally,in each specific teaching procedure,Chinese MTCSOL usually adopts various patterns while foreign MTCSOL tends to follow fixed patterns.The similarities and differences show that Chinese and foreign MTCSOL possess their owe benefits and problems.For example,they have week teaching basic skills,lack instructional design competencies and practical knowledge of teachers.This paper puts forwards four suggestions accordingly.First,the Institute should reinforce the instructional design for MTCSOL.Second,Great importance should be attached to the training of Chinese teaching basic skills.Third,more practical opportunities are supposed to offer MTCSOL to help them accumulate practical teaching knowledge.Finally,Chinese and foreign MTCSOL are co-cultured to make their respective advantages complementary to each other.