Technology in CFL Education

Abstract

This chapter reviews the emergence, development, and trends in applying technology to the teaching and learning of Chinese as a foreign language (CFL). By presenting the advantages that technology has brought into the area and examining the associated challenges from multiple angles, the chapter explores a number of practical yet critical issues in order to help readers better understand the increasingly entwined relationship between the two. It concludes with a reflection on the permeation of technology in everyday life, especially how the process of normalization may shape the outlook of CFL education in the years to come.