中美非母语英语课程初级阶段教材异同比较_英语论文

A Comparative Study of ESL Textbooks in Primary Stage in China and the USA

摘要

现如今，英语在世界各国人民的交流中占据越来越重要的地位。学习英语成为许多国家和地区的潮流，中国也是如此。作为以英语为第二语言的语言学习进程的开端，初级阶段尤为重要，因为它还深刻影响了学习者的习惯培养和智力发展。而被视为语言教学和学习的工具的教材，不仅是老师组织课堂教学的一个重要因素，也是学生们学习语言的核心内容。基于对中美两国的非母语英语教学课程教材的调查研究，本文从组织形式、编写理念、教材内容三个角度对中美两国的非母语英语教学课程教材展开了比较，主要由两国的非母语英语教学理论研究和教材比较两部分构成。通过对两国英语教材的比较，本文可以帮助英语教材的改编和改进，以及提高教育工作者对非母语英语教学课程教材的甄别评价的能力。

关键词：非母语英语教学课程教材；初级阶段教学；中美英语教材比较

Abstract

Nowadays, English plays a more and more important role in communication among people of different countries and regions so that learning English in many countries and regions has become a craze including China. As the beginning of the English as a Second Language (ESL) learning, the primary stage is extremely crucial for language learners because it has a vital role in learners' habits cultivation and intellectual development. The textbook, the tool of language teaching and learning, is not only a significant element for teacher to organize class teaching but also the core content of students’ learning process. Based on the research of the ESL English textbooks in China and the USA, this paper compares American and Chinese English textbooks in the aspects of forms, ideas and contents, which mainly consists of two parts: the theoretical basis quos of ESL English textbooks in China and the USA and the comparison of these ESL English textbooks in China and the USA. In this way, this paper aims to help the adaption of the EESL English textbooks and develop the teachers’ ability of evaluating ESL English textbooks.

Keywords: ESL English textbooks; primary English teaching; Comparison of American and Chinese English textbooks

Contents

1. Introduction 1

1.1 Research background and significance 1

1.2 Literature review 1

2. The Theoretical Basis of ESL English Textbooks of China and the USA 2

2.1 Multiple Intelligence Theory 2

2.2 Zone of proximal development 4

3. The Difference of ESL English Textbooks in China and the USA 5

3.1 Editing Ideology 6

3.2 Editing Structure 6

3.3 Contents 7

4. Conclusion 7

References 8