The book gives a systematic introduction to the foreign language teaching methods abroad, as well as the comments on the application of these methods to the practice of teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language in China. It reflects the author’s understanding of the teaching methods abroad, and his thinking on the situation of teaching Chinese as a foreign language in China. It is a book of high value in terms of documentation and perspective, and a must reading for young and middle aged teachers of teaching Chinese as a foreign language.

Cheng Tang, the former vice president of Beijing Language and Culture University, and the deputy director of Hanban, has once acted as the managing director and general secretary of the International Society for Chinese Language Teaching. He has been engaged in the research of teaching methods for years, and has published The Purpose, Principle and Methods of Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language.