The Origins,Current Status,and Trends of Area-Specific International Chinese Language Education Research
As regional studies have become essential for China's development,with the establishment of area studies as a primary academic discipline,and due to the necessity within the field and enterprise of international Chinese language edu-cation,area-specific international Chinese language education research has emerged as a new academic field.This bur-geoning field distinguishes itself from traditional research in several aspects,including the perspectives adopted,methodolo-gies employed,subjects covered,objectives targeted,types of data utilized,and consideration of policy impacts,which re-presents an advancement over conventional studies and the achievements made in recent years.However,as a nascent field,it faces challenges and difficulties in research methodology and depth,content and perspective,institutional and sys-temic structures,researchers'knowledge and skills,dissemination and evaluation of findings,research ethics,and re-sources.Future research is poised to embrace trends such as systematic construction,localized exploration,on-site inves-tigation,team collaboration,and intelligent technology.Given its inherent nature of area studies,the research on area-specific international Chinese education will be promising.
Area Studiesinternational Chinese language educationinterdisciplinary studiesarea-specific international Chinese language education research