On The Historical Value Of "English Collection" In The History Teaching Of High School

Tang Tingshu compiled the six volumes of the English words collected complete which was first published in 1862 by the Guangzhou Jingwei Hall,and the dictionaries were considered to be one of the earliest dictionaries of the English Chinese bilingual dictionaries in Qing Dynasty.The words in the books are mainly involved in the politics,economics and culture in the late Qing Dynasty,in the special dictionaries,people translated and recorded some daily items and some goods in international trade.As for the international trade in the late Qing Dynasty,the dictionaries have played a significant role in the transmission of information and communication.Because of its extensive contents,English words collected complete is also a document with high historical value in the study of international trade and society in the late Qing Dynasty.The encyclopedic book of the value is mainly manifested in the field of literature,because the dictionaries have a very high research value for itself.In the aspect of historical materials,the dictionaries are of great help to the study the late Qing Dynasty because the words were written in the books can reflect the society at that time.Finally,as the auxiliary teaching materials,the dictionaries can supplement the information and knowledge where missed in the class books.This thesis is divided into five parts to discuss:The first part is the introduction which introduces the study about Tang Tingshu and the English words collected complete,and reasons why to select this subject,the researching aims,and content meanings.The second part describes the life of Tang Tingshu as well as the reason why he compiled the English words collected complete,and the whole part of the dictionary.Finally,this part introduces the function and the evaluation of this dictionary.The third part analyzes the social background of politics,economics and culture from the words in all the six volumes of the Enlish words collected complete.The political background is mainly analyzed from the aspects of imperial government.The economic background is analyzed from two aspects:handicraft industry and Commerce.The cultural background is mainly made from the discussion on three points,including clothing industry,food industry,building industry at that time.In the fourth part,the author discusses the unique value of English words collected complete which was used as the historical data to discuss its value that is generally not available in other materials.Then,the paper discusses the connection between the whole English words collected complete and the content of history textbooks in Yuelu.The fifth part discusses the historical aspects of the English words collected complete.The teachers should pay special attention to some problems and how to make full use of it in the teaching procedures when they use the English words collected complete.At last,the author simulates two teaching cases to illustrate how to use the dictionaries when they are treated as the historical data in the actual teaching procedures.