The Implication of Visual Media in Foreign Language Teaching and Learning: Take Chinese as an Example

Visual media, such as TV series and film, can play an important role in foreign language teaching and learning because of their unique advantages in audio-visual facets: They can provide a meaningful context of language input and help learners understand the usage of the language; they are conducive to cultivating learners' language skills, communicative competence, and cultural understanding; they can also help to maintain learners' interest in learning and expand Chinese learning to communities.The study shows that visual media can be designed and used to bring communication, cultures, connections, comparisons, and communities into language classes.