This book collects papers at the 1st Seminar of the Chinese Summer School of Middlebury, in which articles written by many Chinese language teachers in North America and written by former good students of the Summer School at Middlebury are included. It presents the teaching mode of the Summer School as well as the teaching and learning activities. It has rich contents involving in teaching, living, stories and other aspects, including prose, poetry and other genres. After reading this book, you’ll have a further understanding of the modes and methods of TCFL in North America.

Prof. Chen Tong, a member of CLTA and Professor of School of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences, Director of Chinese Department of MIT, has long been devoted to teaching Chinese as a foreign language (TCFL) and has unique views about the future, teaching methods and modern educational technology used in TCFL