Abstract
This article argues that more importance should be attached to the research in the field of TCSL pedagogical language in view of its great theoretical and practical values. It is held that the pedagogical language used by teachers of Chinese as a L2 is a kind of Chinese variety in a specific register. As an intermediary language in the classroom as well as the target language of the overseas learners, it has a couple of special features and functions, which can be shown to some extent in a cited audio record of teaching. The methodologies, theoretical basis and objects of the studies on TCSL pedagogical language are also discussed.
| Keywords: | TCSL; pedagogical language; Chinese variety |
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