Comparison Study On Three Sets Of Elementary And Intermediate Listening Materials In TCFL

The paper makes comparative research on three sets of Chinese listening materials for TCFL which are from China, America and internet respectively. This research falls into the category of textbook compilation of the TCFL research. Domestic comparison study on listening textbooks in TCFL began only seven or eight years ago, and there are very few researches performed on comparing the domestic listening materials with the foreign ones, while at present, there are no research on comparing the domestic, foreign and internet listening materials for TCFL.Based on the theories of character, task and features of listening teaching in TCFL, and by referring to the compilation principles of TCFL textbooks, taking into concern the psychology characteristics of the foreign Chinese learners who are at the transition stage from the elementary level to the intermediate level and by applying the approaches of data analysis and investigation and argumentation, this paper makes thorough comparison analysis and interpretive evaluation on three sets of listening materials from the perspective of corpus selection and exercises arrangement. Next, the paper gives some suggestions on the compilation of elementary and intermediate level Chinese listening textbooks for TCFL: 1. The corpus compilation should consider the characteristics and needs of the users. Emphasis should be attached to update the content with the times, so as to keep them full with the spirit of the times and the life, and be interest-arousing; 2. The length of corpus should be around 100-400 words. Long and short corpuses should be arranged properly in the same lesson. The length of sentences in each corpus should follow the pattern of spoken Chinese. There should not be too many long sentences; 3. It is suggested that about 10% of new words appear in each lesson. Abrupt change of the percentage is unaccepted; 4. Traditional characteristics of China should be attached more importance of Chinese culture; 5. There should be regular distribution of question types; 6. There should be enough amounts of exercises; 7. The training of the skills should be reflected by each other and be arranged from easy to difficult. 8. There should be more exercises on daily communication; 9. The language used in the exercises should be simple and easy to understand; 10. The explanation of new words should be included in the tape recording; 11. The order of the tape recording should be in accord with the listening exercises; 12. The tape recording should be lively, humorous and natural.Hopefully, this paper can illuminate the comparison study on the listening textbooks in TCFL as well as the theory and practice of textbook compilation, and can be of some practical value in the field of TCFL.