A Comparative Study On The Text-selection System Of Chinese And American Primary School Language Textbooks

Chinese teaching materials are the most important materials in Chinese teaching activities.The text selection system is one of the four major systems of Chinese teaching materials and the core content of Chinese teaching materials.Because of the different influence factors such as the concept of textbook compilation and cultural background,there will be differences in the selection system.In this paper,the author will make a comparative study on the selection system of the primary school Chinese Edited by the Ministry and the American primary school Chinese Edited by jin’en in many aspects,in order to find out the references and provide some valuable references for the compilation of Chinese Textbooks in China.This paper consists of six parts:The first part briefly discusses the background and significance of the topic,summarizes the current research situation of the topic,defines the core concepts and proposes research methods.The second part makes an analysis and comparison of the compilation concept,the arrangement mode and the content of Chinese Textbooks between China and the United States.The Chinese compiled by the Ministry is mainly based on the curriculum standard,adopting the layout mode of "double line organizational unit structure",with rich and diverse genres and themes;while the Chinese compiled by the American Primary School adheres to the principles of children’s standard and life standard,without theme units,with a little genre and theme types.The third part discusses the number,narrative perspective and value orientation of fairy tales in Chinese Textbooks of China and the United States.The third person narration is mainly used in the fairy tale selection of Chinese,which is characterized by quality education;the first person narration is mainly used in the fairy tale selection of American primary school Chinese,which embodies the innocence and childlike interest.In the fourth part,through the comparative analysis of the number of selected poems,language characteristics and cultural connotations in the two editions of textbooks,it is found that the poems of the two countries are colloquial and good at using rhyme.The poems of the Chinese department pay more attention to the beauty of artistic conception and the directexpression of moral quality.The American elementary school Chinese pays more attention to the philosophical nature of poetry and the implicit expression of moral quality.The fifth part is to analyze and compare the number and content of the selected articles of family,interpersonal communication and natural themes in Chinese Textbooks of China and the United States.The selected articles on family subjects in the Department’s Chinese are small in number,the family image is weakened,the selected articles on interpersonal subjects attach importance to the quality of harmonious coexistence between people,and the selected articles on natural subjects lack the participation of people in the beautiful description;the selected articles on the three subjects of American primary school Chinese are respectively detailed in the description of family life,and the communication between people is more important through specific lines Action to show love,people and nature integrated characteristics.The sixth part is to make a questionnaire survey on the use of the Chinese text selection system of the Ministry edition,analyze the results of the survey,and put forward targeted suggestions on the use of teachers and the compilation of teaching materials.