Abstract: This study is to investigate through a questionnaire survey the need and attitude of the primary Chinese learner towards Chinese culture learning, digitalized Chinese learning and the games in Chinese learning. The findings of the survey are as follows. First, generally, overseas students are interested in Chinese culture, and customs, geography, language and arts, especially cultural differences, but in-class learning can basically meet their demands. Second, overseas students have the material condition to conduct e-learning, and they are willing to use electronic equipment like cell phone, computer to learn Chinese. Third, overseas students are not interested in computer games and they value a lot the edutainment and convenience.

Key words: international Chinese language education, teaching Chinese as a foreign language, educational games, cultural teaching, primary stage