A Comparative Study Of Mother Tongue Textbook Of Jiangsu Education Edition And United States (California's) Edition

Along with multicultural development in the world, the culture of the west and east is heading for a collision and a mixing. The mother-tongue textbook construction, which is based on a different social system and cultural tradition, also displays much convergence and reflects the common regulation of the mother-tongue textbook construction. Jiangsu Education Edition Chinese experimental textbook which is based on the compulsory education Chinese curriculum criterion (which will hereafter be referred to as the Jiangsu Education Edition) and the literary textbook of the United States (the State of California's The Reader's Choice, which will hereafter be referred to as the California Edition) are both local, the time of their compilation and issue is nearly the same, and they both have a representative in the district; furthermore, they are astonishingly similar in planning style and they each reflect their mother-tongue essential textbook direction. So I decided to make a comparison of each textbook's system: both their internal structure and their speech practical ties.The way of thinking of this research can express for: from talking about the way of thinking of these two kinds of textbook, So I decided to make a comparison of each textbook's system: both their internal structure and their speech practical ties by using individual cases method and Comparison method. Comparing two sets of language textbooks deeply and trying to find different characteristics of in this both side and enlighten function to our mother tongue textbook.There is integration and differences in the design of two kinds of textbook, That is topic contents synthesize unit and each unit can be divided into the text and practical ties two parts, so I compared the two textbooks' internal structure, which includes the following six aspects: the text system, material system (which helps students understand the text), exercise system, knowledge system, picture system and appendix system. The aim of this kind of comparison is to inquire into the contents of each, as well as the characteristics and the way of presenting and propping up each one's theory of outworking and cultural background.As for the language practical ties, I mainly used the case method and chose representative reading training, writing training, and oral communication to compare the two textbooks' training content goals, implementation, strategy, evaluation etc. I tried to deduce general rules from specific cases. From the comparison, it can be noted that: the two textbooks' language practical ties have different content and different parts, but their essentials are nearly the same; the thought design is different in approach but equally satisfactory in result. But because of the collision of race and cultural tradition of racial language and racial modes of thinking, each text also presents special characteristics. The individualities are as follows: In its oral communication, there is difference in intercourses design, evaluation, process of two kinds of textbook Jiangsu Education Edition pays attention to training and reduces the importance of skill and method; giving prominence to scenarios. It pays attention to language environment; paying less attention to process, and being in need of evaluation. But the California Edition presents listening and speaking training; it pays more attention to the listener and the speaker, and pays much attention to the target direction and process traction, permeating a diverse evaluation; As for reading training, the two kinds of reading trainings in the textbooks display a vast difference in their reading target, reading value tropism, reading mode and reading strategy. In the area of writing training, the writing trainings of the two textbooks are nearly the same. In addition to the content, process, strategy etc., the California Edition presents special characteristics such as permeating guide suggestions and encouraging principles in the writing process. It also provides work of age cohorts. As for the development of ability, it pays much attention to building up the reader's conscious ability, ego construction ability, conversational ability, and using medium technique ability etc. The last part is thinking and draw lessons from California Edition, This research talks about the theories foundation of the textbook, Promoting independence study of students, the design of speech practices activity, permeating the modern multi-media and the internal structure design and it also rethinks the shortage of our mother tongue textbook in these aspects. The purpose lies in constructing our mother-tongue textbook perfectly from these aspects.