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A study on the common characteristics of elementary Chinese language teaching materials designed by non-native authors
外籍编者初级汉语教材共性研究 (wai ji bian zhe chu ji han yu jiao cai gong xing yan jiu)
Author
Huang, Wanxi
Supervisor
Lim, Seok Lai
Abstract
随着中国的经济腾飞，全球各地掀起一股“汉语热”。全球以汉语作为第二 语 言的学习者人数到2014年已超过1亿人 。在这股席卷全球的汉语热带动下， 近年来涌现了大量的国际汉语教材。不同语言背景编者所编写的国际汉语 教 材，即使同为针对外国学习者设计，在设计理念、课程内容、课文形式、 结构编排等各方各面都呈现出较大的差异性。目前,在国际汉语教材的研 究领 域里，针对纯粹由外籍编者所编写的汉语教材所进行的专门研究,仍 相对 缺 乏。本文选取了分别出版于英国和美国，年代横跨 40 年代、60 年 代和 2010 年以后的三套具有代表性的针对母语为英语的学习者的初级汉 语教材 作为研究对象，通过从课程框架、设计理念、课程内容、课文形式、 英语在教材中的使用及效果等方面进行对比分析，归纳出外籍编者所具有 的语言学 习观与教学观念的共性。鉴于本地的华文教学正从母语教学向二 语教学迁 移，作者本人希望本文的发现对本地的华文教学以及华文教材编 写能提供积 极的借鉴意义。
With China’s swift rise to prominence on the global stage, the demand for Mandarin language courses, qualified teachers and effective teaching materials is growing in just about every corner of the world. It is noticed that Chinese teaching materials designed by L1 authors and L2 authors vary vastly in many aspects: structural design, content and presentation. Current research by Chinese scholars has mainly focused on teaching materials designed or co-designed by L1 authors for foreign learners. Little research is done on the difference between teaching materials designed by L1 and L2 authors. In this thesis, three sets of Chinese language textbooks written by non-native scholars, in the 40s, the 60s and 2010 onwards respectively, were selected and studied. Comparison was done on their course structure, content, presentation, the use of English, the learners’ dominant language and its effect. Certain common characteristics were found in these Chinese language textbooks which differ from most textbooks written by L1 authors. It is hoped that these findings will be meaningful and helpful to tackle problems in local Chinese language teaching and to improve local Chinese textbook design as Singapore’s language landscape has shifted from Chinese as mother tongue to Chinese as L2 over the years.
Date Issued
2015
Call Number
PL1068.S55 H834
Date Submitted
2015