A Research On The Localization Of "American Chinese"

This paper carries out a systematic research on the localization of "American Chinese",which is one of the typical Chinese language teaching materials of primary and secondary school in American. However, in the academic area of teaching Chinese as a foreign language, the up-to-now research has not yet systematically studied the localization of Chinese learning and study materials,and therefore leaves a great blank in the special studies, analysis and commends on the series of material of "American Chinese". The studies of the localization of the book "American Chinese" will contribute to the develop the principle and theories of writing Chinese language text books, and thus have intensive impact on the popularization of the teaching of the Chinese language.Starting from the 5C criteria of American pupils learning Chinese, considering the students' different mode of thinking, learning habits as well as the cultural background when learning Chinese, the writing of the book paid attention to the localization of the following parts:the content of courses, the teaching system, the methods of teaching, and the language environment. The learning of the Chinese letters, words, and sentences are pertinent, scientific, systematic, various and constructive in this series of text books since it integrate the needs of American students learning Chinese. The books emphasize on the training of the students' abilities on communication, the senses of identity of culture, the interdisciplinary studies, first and second language studies, the abilities of comparison studies of cultures, and the abilities to get along well in the communities. In a word, "American Chinese" are very good example of the localization text books.