The Research On The Vocabulary Of The Overseas Chinese Teaching Materials

Based on six sets of overseas Chinese teaching materials which are compiled respectively by mainland China,Taiwan, China in collaboration with overseas Chinese schools as well as the overseas Chinese schools,this paper sets up a database containing all the vocabulary of the six sets of Chinese teaching materials.In the paper, through comprehensively study of the vocabulary and the arrangement in the teaching materials,the author analyzes the similarities and differences of these teaching materials on selecting and arranging the vocabulary,and furtherly points out the defects of the arrangement and summarizes the rules of the vocabulary arrangement of the six sets of overseas Chinese teaching materials.On the research results,the author puts forward some suggestions on how to arrange vocabulary in Chinese teaching materials used overseas:Firstly,on the aspect of quantity .the editor should decide the quantity of the selecting words and phrases in the light of the school system of the area in which the teaching materials will be used. According to the present teaching situation, the quantity of vocabulary of the Chinese teaching materials used in overseas should be controlled within two thousand to three thousand. The parts of speech should be arranged more rationally with noun,verb and adjective as the main parts of speech,and containing other kinds of parts of speech at the same time.The distribution ratio of vocabulary between different grades and volumes should be arranged more rationally, the increasing extent between grades and volumes should harmonizes with the students' capability of learning and accepting,Secondly,on the aspect of quality, there should include enough basic vocabulary in the overseas Chinese teaching materials.As to the problem of choosing basic vocabulary.the editor can refer to the word's rank in the General Outline of Chinese Level Vocabulary and Chinese Word's Rankjhe use frequency of words,the syllable condition and the word's meaning.Some unusual words can be choosed with a controlled ratio according to certain rules.More than 60 percent of the vocabulary should appear several times in the textbook.The arrangement of vocabulary should have its law.and harmonize with the arrangement of texts and grammer points.