Cross-Language Vocabulary Teaching Based on Information Network Technology: The Example of Loanwords

ABSTRACT

Loanwords have always been a hot topic in the study and teaching of Chinese as a foreign language, but there are also many different views and debates. This article summarises and outlines the hotspots of research into and teaching of loanwords in linguistics in recent decades and discusses the current issues of language teaching and cross-linguistic education in the context of the new COVID-19 pandemic in relation to information network technology. First, the concept and scope of loanwords are defined, and the rationale of loanwords is discussed from the perspective of word formation. On this basis, the characteristics of loanwords are summarised, the online teaching of loanwords in the context of the new pandemic is discussed from the perspective of information technology and the Sinicization of loanwords is discussed from the perspective of language development. © 2022 ACM.