Spoken Syllabus of Grammar in Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language

“Series of Teaching Foreigners Chinese Grammar” is the achievement of “Research and Development of Grammar Syllabus for Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language and Teaching Reference Grammar Series (Multi-volume)”, a major project of National Social Science Fund of China sponsored by Professor Qi Huyang, which has been selected as the “2022 Funding Project of National Publication Foundation”. As an important reference book for international Chinese language education, it aims to build and improve the “Grammar System of Chinese Teaching” for foreign students to meet the development needs of the new era. It mainly serves the front-line Chinese teachers, researchers, graduate students and undergraduates majoring in Teaching Chinese to Speakers of Other Languages. This series consists of 39 volumes, including 4 outline series, 8 summary series, 26 book series, and 1 collection of essays. Spoken Syllabus of Grammar in Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language is the first spoken grammar syllabus in the Chinese as a Foreign Language academia in China. The syllabus consists of an explanatory list of grammatical items, a list of grammatical function items and a framework for the list of grammatical items. A total of 837 grammatical items are included, each of which is graded according to the importance, difficulty and colloquialism. The syllabus pays attention to the ‘menu’ of grammatical items, highlighting the ‘grammatical’ focus and reflecting the practicality of real-life communication. At the same time, it is functionally oriented and emphasizes the importance of reflecting interactions in real scenes. Moreover, the syllabus can serve as a basis for the development of spoken language teaching materials, as well as a reference and guide for the teaching and learning of spoken Chinese grammar.