The current situation and developmental needs of network-based Chinese language teaching in the digital age

In the current digital age, network-based Chinese language teaching has gone through the stages of ' if' and ' how' and is now ready for a new paradigm shift. This paper proposes three possible approaches to facilitate such a change: 1) There should be a focus of research on the theoretical foundations of Chinese language teaching methodologies that are fundamental to network-based language teaching; 2) More attention should be devoted to the theoretical investigation of network-based Chinese language teaching practices, especially in the areas of Chinese grammar and morphology, sequencing in the instructions of different components of the Chinese language, and the traditional grammatical analysis and innovation of teaching approaches; and 3) There is a need for more resources development for network-based Chinese teaching. Possible approaches to resources development are discussed.