A Study on the Presentation of Chinese Culture in the Developing Chinese Textbook Series

Abstract

This paper analyzes the content of Chinese culture in the textbook from the perspective of Chinese cultural presentation, taking the comprehensive tutorial Developing Chinese as an example. The content analysis method used in the study encompasses both qualitative and quantitative research, starting from the specific Chinese cultural contents presented in the textbooks, using the Grounded Theory, classifying them on the basis of three-level coding, and exploring the status and characteristics of cultural presentation. The study found that Chinese culture in the six textbooks can be divided into five categories: language knowledge, traditional culture, country profile, contemporary life, and landscape architecture. Further, the frequency and trends of the five categories according to their occurrence in different learning stages were analyzed, and suggestions were made for future Chinese language teaching materials for foreigners.