文化比较视野中的许国璋《英语》和《新概念英语》

论文摘要

教科书讲述的是它本身的故事。随着当代语言学、心理学、英语教学和跨文化交际学等理论的发展,教材的编写和评估也随着时代而前进。本论文涉及中国英语教材史上的中外教材的比较和评估,目前国内在英语教材史领域少有学者从跨文化角度就教材本身作如此全面和深入的探究,本论文做了初步的研究。本论文介绍在中国英语教学历史上两套经久不衰的经典英语教材:我国许国璋教授主编的《英语》系列教材和英国亚列山大编写的《新概念英语》系列教材;分析两套教材创作的语言学背景、社会背景、教学背景,介绍中国的英语教材编写情况。介绍了文化的定义和特点、中国主流文化和西方主流文化的差异、语言与文化的关系;从跨文化交际的角度和语言学习材料编写的角度对这两套英语语言教材从内部编写的诸方面,如:题材选择、材料内容、技能训练、教学法以及课后练习等以及两套教材的外部结构等方面进行分析、比较和评估。作者发现:许国璋主编的《英语》系列教材从编写的指导思想、语言和内容、编写形式上都体现了传统的中国文化;亚列山大编写的《新概念英语》系列教材的编写指导思想、语言和内容、编写形式上也都表现出传统的西方文化。作者指出在未来的中国英语教材的编写和教学时,要考虑到中国学生的跨文化交际的实际需要,适当引入母语文化以及多元文化的知识。

论文目录

• Abstract
• 摘要
• 1. In troduction
• 1.1 The Definition of Textbook and Teaching Materials
• 1.2 Different Usage about the Culture of Textbook
• 2. General Review of the Current Research on English Textbook
• 2.1 General Review of English Textbooks for English Major in China since 19505
• 2.2 Review of English Textbook Evaluation
• 2.2.1 Recent Review of English Textbook Evaluation in China
• 2.2.2 Some Views on Textbook Evaluation
• 2.2.2.1 Cunningsworth’s Checklist to Coursebook Evaluation
• 2.2.2.2 McDonough & Shaw: Two Criteria on Material Evaluation
• 2.2.2.3 Jaan Mikk’s Main Aspects of Textbook Quality
• 3. Culture, Language and Differences between Mainstream Chinese Culture and Western Culture
• 3.1 What Is Culture
• 3.1.1 Different Views on Culture
• 3.1.2 Characteristics of Culture
• 3.2 Differences between Mainstream Chinese Culture and Western Culture
• 3.2.1 Differences in Natural Environment, History and Philosophical Hypotheses
• 3.2.2 Difference in Value System and Thought Pattern
• 3.2.3 Difference in Chinese and Western English Learning Pattern
• 3.3 What Is Language?
• 3.4 Relationship between Language and Culture
• 3.5 Difference in Chinese and Western Academic Research in Language and Culture
• 4. General Introduction to the Two Textbooks
• 4.1 General Introduction to the Two Textbooks: English Chiefly Edited by Xu Guozhang VS New Concept English
• 4.1.1 General Introduction to English Chiefly Edited by Xu Guozhang
• 4.1.2 General Introduction to New Concept English Edited by L.G.Alexander
• 4.2 Backgrounds of These Two Textbooks in 1960s
• 4.2.1 Historical Background of English Education
• 4.2.2 Linguistic Background
• 4.2.3 Background on English Language Teaching Method
• 4.2.3.1 Grammar Translation Method
• 4.2.3.2 The Oral Approach and the Situational Language Teaching
• 4.2.4 Characteristics of EFL Setting/Context
• 4.2.4.1 University EFL Setting
• 4.2.4.2 Characteristics of Traditional Chinese Teaching Context
• 5. External Evaluation and Comparison of English and NCE
• 5.1 Cover design: Yellow VS Orange, Green, Blue, Yellow and Purple
• 5.2 The writers
• 5.2.1 A Collective Group: Editors and Writers of English
• 5.2.2 General Introduction to Professor Xu Guozhang
• 5.2.3 General Introduction to Individual Writer of NCE: L. G. Alexander .
• 5.3 Guidelines on Textbook Development
• 5.3.1 General Guideline for English Education in China
• 5.3.1.1 General Guideline for English
• 5.3.1.2 General Guidelines for NCE
• 5.4 Aims and Approaches
• 5.4.1 Aims
• 5.4.2 Approaches
• 5.5 Auxiliaries and Teacher’s Book
• 5.6 Illustrations
• 5.7 Publishing House
• 5.8 Summary
• 6. Internal Evaluation and Comparison of These Two Textbooks .
• 6.1 Contents
• 6.2 Topics
• 6.3 Skills
• 6.4 Methodology
• 6.5 Exercises
• 6.6 Layouts of the Two Textbooks
• 7. Findings
• 8. Conclusion
• Bibliography
• Appendix I:
• Appendix II:
• 攻读学位期间取得的研究成果（含发表的学术论文）
• ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS