Practical English-Chinese Comparative Tutorial

Author: Mao Guoan, Editor-in-Chief
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Publish Date: 2004-10-01
Features: As a textbook for optional English major courses, Practical English-Chinese Contrastive Teaching is primarily designed for junior and senior English majors, while also catering to the needs of non-English majors, students in Teaching Chinese to Speakers of Other Languages (TCSOL), and those seeking to improve their English proficiency. The objectives of this textbook are as follows: Through comparative analysis and description of the similarities and differences between English and Chinese in terms of vocabulary, semantics, syntactic structure, discourse, pragmatics, rhetoric, as well as in cognitive and cultural aspects, the book aims to help students build a solid bilingual foundation, enhance their language skills, and cultivate and strengthen their ability to self-regulate during language expression. By consciously overcoming "negative interference from the mother tongue" and minimizing or eliminating expression errors, students will be able to use English appropriately to convey their thoughts, thereby achieving successful cross-cultural communication. In terms of content selection, the textbook emphasizes clarity and practicality, focusing on the comparative analysis of specific linguistic phenomena and components. This is intended to effectively improve students' bilingual proficiency and practical English application skills. At the same time, it also incorporates comparative discussions on cognitive and cultural levels to facilitate deeper learning and research. The key features of this textbook include: a strong emphasis on the comparative description of specific linguistic phenomena and providing ample linguistic information and materials for teaching practice; not only highlighting the differences between English and Chinese but also highlighting their similarities and similarities; avoiding purely theoretical discussions beyond the necessary theoretical introductions. Each chapter includes a "Discussion" section to inspire critical thinking, followed by "Principles" for problem-solving, which serve as references for students. At the end of each chapter, thought-provoking questions are provided to encourage independent thinking and proactive knowledge expansion.