An analytic study on English textbooks of compulsory education in Hong Kong

• Main Authors: Cheng-Fei Wang, 王正妃
• Other Authors: Chung Yi-hsing
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2004
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/63564289732110634840

碩士 === 國立暨南國際大學 === 比較教育學系 === 92 === The goal of this research was to analyze the content of English textbooks of compulsory education in Hong Kong. By reviewing documents and literatures related, the researcher set up the items for analysis and developed suitable methods for each item. Five items had been investigated: phonics and tune, vocabulary, difficulty of reading, grammar and sentence pattern, and themes. Through the methods mentioned, for example, using“Lix formula” by Bjornsson（1968 ）for reading difficulty, the purposes of this study were to find out the way of introducing of phonics, to calculate vocabulary frequency, to measure the difficulty of the reading, to analyze grammar and sentence patterns, and to clarify themes. The results are as follows: 1.The textbooks of compulsory education in Hong Kong only introduce phonics from the first grade to the third grade in elementary school. 2.The organization of vocabulary is affected by its theme, especially close to students’ lives. And its reduplication rate assumes a parabola. 3.The difficulty of reading is affected by the length of vocabulary and the number of sentence. And the organization is based on complexity and learnability. According to the content, it is organized from easy to hard and connects the elementary school and junior high school. 4.Grammar and sentence patterns are affected by the theme, and the organization is from simple sentences to complex sentences. 5.Themes in textbooks of compulsory education in Hong Kong are practical, interesting, and close to life. Based on the findings of study are proposed to improve English textbooks of compulsory education in Taiwan.