An Analysis of the Effectiveness of Chinese Idiom Stories in Situational Learning for Chinese Language Teachers as a Foreign Language —Taking Drama and Dance Activities as an Example of Integrating Idiom Teaching
Language is the umbilical cord of culture, and learning Chinese idioms for overseas Chinese children is a journey to ffnd their roots. Idioms appear more and more frequently in the text as the grade level increases. Idioms are good materials for Chinese language teaching and have a certain impact on essay score evaluation. TTis study attempts to integrate drama and dance activities into idiom teaching, aiming to change the stereotype of overseas Chinese students who have difffculty understanding Chinese characters, increase their interest in learning, and enhance their humanistic literacy. TTe teaching team of Chinese as a foreign language led by the author has gone through 12 trials, conducting in-depth interviews and questionnaire surveys with overseas elderly Chinese to explore how to quickly and effectively learn Chinese while ensuring that every new generation of overseas Chinese does not forget their roots. TTis research team found that four teaching modes can improve the Chinese listening, speaking, reading, and writing abilities of overseas Chinese students in a short period of time. Among them, using some concise and easy to understand idiom stories is an effective way to get started.