A Comparative Study Of Chinese And Korean Primary Textbooks Of Teaching Chinese As A Foreign Language

Chinese textbook is the important carrier and basis for foreign students to learn Chinese language as well as an important material source of Chinese teaching. South Korea, which is a close neighboring country of China, has an increasing population of Chinese learners, so choosing good and suitable textbooks is extremely important. During the past one year teaching Chinese in South Korean high school, I found that there existed defect in its Chinese textbooks which were less accurate and appropriate than in domestic ones; and I also found that classroom atmosphere in South Korea is much more active than in domestic classes when I practiced teaching in the College of Arts in GuangxiNormal University so Chinese textbooks in South Korea are written more interesting and practical than domestic ones. In addition, there is no specific textbook made for high school students in South Korea so the importance of the textbook goes without saying. Therefore I think the comparative study of elementary Chinese textbook in China and South Korea has its significance as follows. At first, by systematically comparing elementary Chinese textbooks in China and South Korea, problems can be found in Chinese textbooks in South Korea, which can provide effective suggestions for the future Chinese textbooks’writing in South Korea. At second, by comparing elementary Chinese textbooks in China and South Korea, advantages and shining points can also be found in Chinese textbooks in South Korea, which can help enrich the writing of domestic Chinese textbooks. At the same time, it does good to make domestic Chinese textbook much more interesting and useful. At third, by comparing elementary Chinese textbooks in China and South Korea, writing characteristics of Korean elementary Chinese textbooks can be found to provide reliable advice for Chinese experts to write more specific textbooks for teachers and students in South Korea, which can highlight the pertinence and make students feel satisfied. At last, by comparing elementary Chinese textbooks in China and South Korea, characteristics and problems of textbooks in China as well as advantages and disadvantages of textbooks in South Korea can be found to offer advice to Chinese experts and Korean experts for cooperating with writing Chinese textbooks specific for students and teachers in South Korea.In this paper,2 Chinese textbooks in China and 2 in South Korea are selected to be as research subjects, which are Intensive Chinese:Primary literacy 1, New Standard Chinese · Elementary Level · Book 1, Chinese Language 1 from ZhengJin Press and Chinese Language 1 from Current Affairs Press.This article firstly makes a comparative analysis on the textbooks, phonetic, vocabulary, grammar, exercise, culture and game activities of the four Chinese textbooks by using ways of comparative analysis, Literature study and statistical analysis. Secondly, this article makes a characteristics analysis and makes relevant writing suggestions according to the four textbooks by combining with Second Language Acquisition Law, Educational Psychology Theory, Teaching Material Compilation Principle, Outline of Various Types and many scholars’ research theory, etc. The paper consists of eight parts which is divided in to eight chapters as followings.Part 1 is the preface, in this part, we mainly introduce the topic selection background and significance of this article, the selection of research object, the research status, the theory basis of research and the research methods. At the same time, this paper also defines the word "Elementary".From Part 2 to Part 7, we make a comparative study about the textbooks, phonetic, vocabulary, grammar, exercise, culture and game activities of the four Chinese textbooks. We also make a characteristic analysis according to the data and conclusions and give writing suggestions on the characteristics of the four textbooks.Part 8 is the epilogue. In this part, we sum up the research of this paper and hope that the study can make contribution to the writing of Chinese textbooks in China and in South Korea so as todo good to Chinese teaching at home and abroad.