With globalization,informatization,the normalization of the epidemic and the rapid development of China’s comprehensive national strength,more and more people want to learn Chinese as a second language.Therefore,international Chinese education is facing rare historical opportunities and challenges.The software can break the time and space limitations,and it is a new approach to develop international Chinese education.Through the application of modern information technology,reading software for international Chinese learners help increase their Chinese proficiency.In recent years,there are more and more research on schema theory about reading teaching.And there are many studies to prove that schema theory is helpful in the field of international Chinese education.Therefore,the author applies the schema theory to analyze reading software and then know their advantages and disadvantages of content schema,language schema,formal schema,and strategy schema.Specifically,first of all,the study analyzes the market of reading software for international Chinese learners and found that it is immature.Then found that reading software for international Chinese learners lacks some functions after comparing eight reading software for international Chinese learners and one of the best English reading software by schema theory.Simultaneously,know needs of reading software for international students through questionnaires.Finally,the design of reading software for international Chinese learner is proposed,including general framework,functional design,interface design and content design.And people can increase Chinese reading proficiency by using the software.The research provides a theoretical reference for reading software,speeding up the informatization process of international Chinese education and promoting the development of international Chinese education. |