A Working Analysis of the Tasks of Teaching and Assessment of Chinese as a Second Language

This study aims to aid in translating the theoretical framework into task statements that overseas learners and users of Chinese need to perform in order to fulfill their communication tasks. To this end,1135 CSL learners and users from Asia,Europe,Americas,and Oceania were chosen to rate 64 task statements in the importance,frequency and difficulty levels to successful communication. Responses were analyzed by respondent groups as well as specific subgroups. These findings support the use of this pool of tasks in the preparation of both teaching materials and assessment measures for CSL learners and users across a wide range of areas.