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Modern Linguistics 2023
国际外语教材语言与文化内容研究综述
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Abstract:
本文对国际外语教材语言和文化内容的代表性实证研究进行了综述分析。本文首先对教材词汇相关研究进行概述，聚焦于教材的词汇覆盖率、高频词族分布及词族复现率三个研究主题。然后，概括了研究者对教材语用内容的探究，相关研究主要关注教材对请求、道歉、拒绝等常用言语行为的呈现方式。最后，对教材文化内容研究进行了简要概述，聚焦于教材对性别内容、目标语国家文化和新自由主义的表征。文献研究表明，外语教材对语言和文化内容的呈现与相关领域的研究发现之间存在不同程度上的差距。本文据此对我国外语教材编写、教师教育及未来研究方向提出建议。
This paper reviews international seminal empirical research on linguistic and cultural content in foreign language textbook. Firstly, the review of studies on vocabulary in textbooks addresses three research approaches: vocabulary load, number of high-frequency words occurring in text-books, and repetitions of words in textbooks. The review of studies examining pragmatic content in textbooks then addresses those focusing on how textbooks present common speech acts including requests, apologies and refusals. Lastly, the paper reviews research on cultural content in textbooks that from three perspectives: gender representation, representation of target language cultures and neoliberalism. The overall findings of the review show that there is a gap between the presentation of linguistic and cultural content in foreign language textbooks and research insights obtained in the relevant areas, on the basis of which the paper concludes with making suggestions for textbook writing, teacher education and future research direction.
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