作为外语的汉语教学

Teaching Chinese as a foreign language

继上世纪70 年代出现的第一次[汉语热]之后，在新旧世纪交替时又出现了比前次更广更强的第二次[汉语热]。本文试图从民俗、经济、政治、文化、语言、技术和地理等方面说明这次[汉语热]的成因，进而讨论国内外汉语热的表现，并结合讨论汉语水平考试的制定和在六十余个国家开设的孔子学院。文章也提请注意围绕[汉语热]产生的一些问题，以便及时有效地加以解决。

Following the first wave of [the craze for Chinese] in the 1970s， the turn of the new century has witnessed the arrival of the second wave， wider and stronger. The paper attempts to give an account of this phenomenon ethnically， economically， politically， culturally， linguistically， technologically， and geographically， and go on discussing the representation of the craze both outside China and within the country， which are accompanied by the execution of HSK—Chinese Proficiency Test， and the extension of Confucius Institutes in more than 60 countries. However， we should also be aware of any possible issue arising from all this and ready for measures to solve problems timely and efficiently.