Selected Readings Of Records Of The Historian And Instrumental Function Of Chinese Teaching

The content of"Selected reading of Records of the Grand Historian"is from'Records of the Grand Historian'. As a textbook fully written in classical Chinese, it can't avoid its instrumental function, a very important function in Chinese subject. This paper begins by explaining the reasons why emphasize the instrumental function, which is decided by the characteristics of classical Chinese, the current status of the students and the examination forms. Then, this paper introduces some errors in the teaching and also hopes to emphasize its instrumental function. The main part of this paper is to bring forward the specific measures to how to grasp the instrumental function on the base of the characteristics of"Selected readings of Records of the Historian". Firstly,"Selected readings of Records of the Historian"is available for training the listening and reading abilities. According to practical needs, this paper is mainly about the latter and presents three specific methods, such as accumulating materials, grasping the skills and expanding reading. Secondly,"Selected readings of Records of the Historian"is available for the expressing and writing abilities. The former can be improved by learning characters language and comment on characters .The latter can be improved by accumulating writing materials and writing techniques. Finally, from the aspect of thinking tools, the paper discusses that"Selected reading of Records of the Grand Historian"is able for the students to cultivate their questioning spirit. Through these three aspects, we hope that we can explore effective measures to implement the instrumental function.