《语言自迩集》教材编写的解构与启示

Deconstruction and Enlightenment of Textbook Compilation from Yü Yen Tzu Erh Chi

《语言自迩集》成书于19世纪中,是当时汉语作为第二语言的经典教材。本文从以下方面探讨这部经典教材之所以成功的原因:(1)成书的背景和动因;(2)教材的定位、主要内容及安排;(3)编写团队的构成模式;(4)编写前的多方准备和编后的试用与修订。作为早期西方人编写的汉语二语经典教材,《语言自迩集》的形成过程和本质特征,对当今国际汉语理想教材的编写仍具有重要的启示意义。

Yü Yen Tzu Erh Chi was written in the middle of the 19th century and was the classic textbook of Chinese as a second language.This article explores the reasons for the success of this classic textbook from the following aspects:(1)the background and motivation of the book;(2) the orientation,main content and arrangement of the textbook;(3) the composition model of the writing team;(4)the trial and revision of the textbook.This paper also discusses the enlightenment provided by this textbook for the writing of today's international Chinese textbooks in the areas of the absorption of existing results,the choice of corpus,the comprehensible language input,the comparison of Chinese and foreign languages,the selection of textbook writing teams.