國語日報社因應外籍人士學習華語的需求成立語文中心,1973年成立迄今,外籍學生超過13萬人次,對於推廣華語文,不遺餘力。語文中心的教師都是具有豐富經驗的語文教育工作者,在教材和教法方面,乃邀請專家學者編訂教材,陸續出版了國語三百個句型、注音符號課本、初級華語會話、中級華語會話、初級新編說話、中國節日、作文講義、正音教本等。在教學方法上,針對學習中文的外籍人士,一律採取「直接教學法」,對於初學者的發音非常重要的「注音符號」則是他們的第一學習步驟,無論是初學者或中高級程度的學生,施教都依此中心的華語教學要點進行。
The Mandarin Daily newspaper's Chinese language education center was established in 1973 and has operated until today. It has an alumni of over 130,000 foreign students, and has been continually and tirelessly dedicated to the promoted of Chinese language education. The teachers at the language center all have rich and varied experience as educators, which besides pedagogy also includes teaching material design. The center has published a large number of materials on a variety of subjects, including 300 Chinese Sentence Forms, BoPoMoFo workbooks, basic and intermediate Chinese conversation, traditional Chinese holidays, essay writing, and pronunciation. The center uses the Direct Teaching Method for its classes for foreign students, and especially emphasizes the importance of BoPoMoFo for beginner pronuncation.