The Comparative Study Between "Boya Chinese" And "New Practical Chinese Reader" (Medium Chinese)

Language is the most direct communication tool for Human beings. As this most convenient bridge, Chinese has a big influence on the world’s understanding and impression of Chinese people. The Teaching and spreading of Chinese relies on the arrangement and construction building of Chinese teaching materials. Medium Chinese teaching materials works as the guide of main medium Chinese course, and carry the study of new words, the training of grammar and spreading of Chinese culture, which makes its arrangement work count much.Taking the best known medium teaching material, "Boya Chinese" and "New Practical Chinese Reader" for research object, the paper compares the similarities and differences in terms of text、new words、grammar and exercise and make the summary and suggestion for the researchers. This article is mainly divided into the following three parts.This first part is introduction, elaborate the reason why the researching topic comes to the author, the research status of teaching material and the two editions, and the purpose and significance of the topic.The second part is the main body of the paper. In order to see these teaching material on the whole, the article will describe the theme and genre of the textbooks, analyze the amount、distribution and explanation of the words, also investigate the quantity and the arrangement of grammar, and discuss the number, places and types of the training exercise.The last part is to make the summary and give some suggestions on the basis of the above. Representing the outstanding medium Chinese material, the arrangement work of "Boya Chinese" and "New Practical Chinese Reader" have made indelible effort and attempt for students, will contribute to the new characteristic Chinese teaching material in the future.