A Comparative Study On Topics And Language Elements Of Chinese Comprehensive Textbooks

The International Chinese Language Education Chinese Proficiency Standards,published in 2021,has standardized the topic task content,vocabulary and grammar that Chinese learners at different levels need to master.The Chinese difficulty level is divided into three levels and nine levels,so that topics can be associated with vocabulary and grammar at different levels.The two sets of Chinese comprehensive textbooks selected in this paper are composed of sub-topics.The number and distribution of vocabulary and key grammar at different levels are counted under different levels of topic types in the two sets of textbooks.And the statistics of coselected vocabulary and co-selected key grammar under the same topic type.The results of statistical data,comparative analysis and suggestions can be used as a reference for textbook writers to compile or revise textbooks;The co-selected vocabulary and co-selected key grammar of the two textbooks can be used as reference materials for textbook writers to compile the subtopics of textbooks.In this paper,the sub-topics in the two sets of textbooks "Elementary Chinese" and "Chinese Course" are reclassified and graded according to the topic types in the "Grade Standards",and a new set of topic types are obtained by examining the overlap between the two.Then the statistics and analysis items are as follows: The number and distribution of topic types,cross-level topic types and super-class topic types,the difficulty trend,as well as the co-selected topic types.Then,based on the sorted topic types,the vocabulary and key grammar under each topic type are regraded according to the "Vocabulary outline" and "Grammar outline" in the "Grade Standards",and then the items are summarized and counted:(1)From the whole textbook,the quantity,distribution,over-class,over-grade and proportion of vocabulary and key grammar of each level,as well as the co-selected vocabulary and key grammar of the two textbooks;(2)With the new topic type as the unit,the number,distribution,super-class,leapfrog situation and proportion of different levels of vocabulary and key grammar under each topic type,as well as the co-selected vocabulary and co-selected key grammar under the same topic type.Finally,it is found that the items of "Chinese Course" are more in line with the scientific nature and practicability of the textbook,and more close to the level of elementary Chinese learners,while "Elementary Chinese" has a large proportion of super-class,leapfrog vocabulary and grammar.At the same time,the proportion of coselected vocabulary and co-selected grammar in the two sets of textbooks is relatively low,and the commonality of selection is not high.The number of co-selected vocabulary and co-selected key grammar under the same topic type is very small,so it seems that the textbook writers choose vocabulary and grammar in the compilation of each sub-topic,and there is no set of standards.Then the author puts forward the importance of the idea of compiling the Syllabus of Topic Vocabulary and grammar level,and puts forward some suggestions for compiling the syllabus.