On Humanism In Modern Chinese Teaching

Since Chinese was offered as an independent subject in the early 20th century, Chinese teaching has been fettered by the idea of "serving language and sense ". Teachers and students' personality was gradually obliterated, they were not considered as human but as machines - machines for teaching and learning. As a result, students' learning be heavier was distorted and their normal activities could not be carried on. What they could do was to input knowledge passively. And it was impossible to foster students' sense of humanism and creativity. Chinese was taught in a slow, poor and strenuous way. Therefore, if we hope to break away from the traditional idea, we must form the idea of "serving people" and attach great importance to the recovery of students' human feeling. They should not be regarded as machines, so let them be human beings. Meanwhile, we should give full play to teachers and students' personality independence and enthusiasm. Chinese teachers should be made to teach happily and creatively and students to learn in a free, lively, relaxed and cheerful atmosphere and to quest on their own initiative. Students should be able to and dare to raise questions, think independently and express their ideas individually. It will be of treat help in developing their personality and other aspects.Based on the above understanding, this article starts with the need of humanism in modern Chinese teaching in the process of the modernization of the society and clears up the theory basis, practical significance and enforcement plans through the analysis of malpractice of Chinese teaching in the past.