Abstract:

Keeping the promotion of Chinese language low key would be more effective than high-keyed propaganda.The promotion efficiency relies on researches within the discipline, which include research on pedagogical theory as well as Chinese language itself.Chinese characters and tones are two hard nuts in the promotion and teaching of Chinese language.To crack the hard nuts, this paper recommends "keyboard input strategy" for teaching of Chinese characters and "toneless strategy" for teaching of Chinese speech sounds at the beginning level.The result of our experiment proves that the distinctive function of the tone in modern Chinese in which bi-syllabic words are the majority is weakening, while the function of the rhythm is strengthening.Therefore, we may lower the requirement of pronunciation for beginners, i.e.we accept that students speak Chinese with intonation instead of tones.A reform in Chinese writing form that is to keep words separate from one another is also suggested by this paper.

Key words: promotion of Chinese language, research in the discipline, strategy for teaching Chinese characters, writing form of Chinese characters, strategy for teaching speech sounds