从教学模式的构成要素来看,美国明德汉语教学模式具有以下特点:教学对象是精英学生;教学理念是全面沉浸式的外语教学理念;教学目标是短期速成;教材选择上只使用一本综合性教材;教学方法采用密集强化操练法;教学程序上采用“大班课-小班课-单班课”的课程设置。总结上述六大特点的目的是希望能对未来更科学、更合理的对外汉语教学模式的构建提供借鉴。
From the view of the elements of the teaching mode, the American Middlebury Chinese teaching mode has the following characteristics: (l)the teaching object is the elite students; (2)the teaching philosophy is immersion language teaching; (3)the teaching goal is to accomplish specific objects in a short term; (4)the choice of the textbooks is from the comprehensive view; (5)the teaching method is intensive exercises; (6)the teaching program is "large classes-small class-single class". The purpose of summing up the above six characteristics is to give reference to scientifically and reasonably construct the mod- el of teaching Chinese as a foreign language.