The major of Chinese as a foreign language pays attention to bilingual teaching, and the major of Chinese international education has a solid basic knowledge of Chinese. The differences between them are: different training objectives, different requirements and different main courses.

The training goal of TCFL teachers is to cultivate talents with a solid foundation in Chinese and English and a comprehensive understanding of China literature, China culture and cultural exchanges between China and foreign countries.

Teaching Chinese as a foreign language

It refers to teaching Chinese to foreigners, that is, teaching Chinese as a foreign language or a second language. Since the founding of New China, especially since the reform and opening up, teaching Chinese as a foreign language has been developing day by day.

After 1978, it was established as an independent discipline. It has made continuous efforts to build a teaching system of Chinese as a foreign language in terms of teaching theory, teaching system, teaching method research, textbook compilation, proficiency test and teacher training, and has made continuous achievements, and is becoming a language teaching with significant international significance.