Senior Chinese Classical Materials Research

Teaching materials are the source of our education. A set of excellent teaching materials can help our students acquire knowledge and cultivate their abilities. This article only wants to construct a set of "Classical Chinese Reading Book for Senior Middle School ".Which could improve the students' ability to read the writings of Classical Chinese.For a long period,Classical Chinese was our common written language. A lot of collected works are recorded in Classical Chinese.The students also learn Classical Chinese in schools. The long period educational practice formed a set of models which are suitable for our imperial examination. The teaching in ancient times showed great emphasis on words and language. Our imperial examination only wanted the students compositions. Therefore, the precious experience of our traditional education provides the modem teaching of Classical Chinese with great reference.After the may 4th movement of 1919.modern writings in the vernacular came into the teaching materials of Chinese .opening up a new prospect.From then on, the Chinese teaching materials have both Classical Chinese and writings in the vernacular. It is a requirement that the senior middle school should have the ability to read some easy writings of Classical Chinese. After the foundation of our country. PEP has compiled nine sets of teaching materials of Chinese for senior middle school .all of which lay special emphasis on Classical Chinese. They try to explore ideal teaching materials of Classical Chinese, and make the students have the reading ability of writings in Classical Chinese.The article gives a lot research on our traditional materials and the Chinese materials after 1949. It also puts forward an assumption of how to construct "Classical Chinese Reading Book for Senior Middle School". I think we should divide the Classical Chinese and the writings in the vernacular into two part during the period of middle school. In doing so,we could make the study of Classical Chinese form their own system and help the students do systematic stady. The teaching outline requests that the students should have the ability to read some easy Classical Chinese. According to this, we should choose some easy materials and emphasize on how to improve the students reading ability. Because Chinese is a basic course , our study of Classical Chinese should be basic. Our aim is not only to teach the students some ancient writings,but to cultirate their ability to read ancient writings by themselves. Besides, the article also give explicit explanation on functions,principles and constructions of "Classical Chinese Reading Book for Senior Middle School". At last,I design several concrete units of writings in Classical Chinese, hoping to give some reference on the revolution and experiments of teaching materials of Classical Chinese.