Aspects of English medium textbook use in Hong Kong

Aspects of English medium textbook use in Hong Kong

英文教科書在香港之使用情況

• Sharp, Alastair Lingnan University (Hong Kong, China)

New Horizons: The Journal of Education, Hong Kong Teachers' Association, (40), 93-102, 1999

Hong Kong

Hong Kong Teachers' Association

1999

• S School Environment & Facilities, Organization
  • SA Text Books, Stationery, Teaching Equipments & Facilities, Educational Technology
• G Curriculum, Teaching & Learning: Specific Disciplines
  • GB English Language
    • GBB Teaching Conditions & Facilities, Teaching Materials

• Hong Kong

• 1997.7 onwards

• Secondary Education

This paper will consider the use of English medium textbooks in bilingual situations and will briefly present the results of a survey of 24 schools in Hong Kong. Language and textual constraints may both inhibit the efficient reading of content subject textbooks in school. It will be argued that textbooks are "inconsiderate" in not making rhetorical (top-down) structures clear and that this is a neglected cause of student difficulty. Practical examples for making books more "considerate" will be offered.
本論文探討在雙語環境中英文教科書的使用及簡述在二十四間香港中學進行意見調查的結果。結果顯示，語言及原文的約束可能妨礙學生有效地閱讀學科教科書。本文的論點是教科書沒有顯明「由上而下」的修辭結構，實為學生閱讀困難的被忽視的原因。本文將提出教科書應如何顧及讀者的實際方法。
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2010-12-02