一、新西兰中、小学汉语教学的历史与现状1.新西兰汉语教学发展缓慢原因探析新西兰的汉语教学起步较晚,基础较差。1992年汉语成为政府承认的中小学五门重要外语科目之一,但又是惟一没有被列为初中毕业以及高中毕业会考科目的重要外语。为了让汉语取得与另外四门外语同等的地位,新西 First, New Zealand primary and secondary Chinese teaching history and status quo 1. New Zealand, the slow development of Chinese teaching to explore New Zealand’s Chinese teaching started later, the foundation is poor. In 1992, Chinese became one of the five major foreign language subjects recognized by the government for primary and secondary schools, but it was also the only important foreign language not listed as a junior middle school or high school graduation exam. In order to make Chinese equivalent to the other four foreign languages, New West