This book sums up what the author has gained through years of researches on TCFL at the undergraduate level and encompasses quite a number of relevant issues, such as the nature and characteristics of the subject, teaching objectives, curriculum development, teaching program, performance evaluation and teaching management.

Lu Jianji, professor in Beijing Language and Culture University, has been engaged in teaching Chinese as a foreign language for more than 40 years, and has published academic works and compiled elite textbooks such as Modern Chinese Beginner’s Course, The Commercial Press Chinese Learning Dictionary, etc.