為配合最近幾年本港教育改革和社會的轉變，我們有需要培養能獨立思考、具有解難與有創意的學生，以面對21 世紀的挑戰。在教育上要達到上述目的的方法有多種，而在中文教學上應用比較教學法，可能是一項有效的方法。
本文討論比較教學法的理論，包括它的涵義、價值、種類、設計與施行。其次舉出幾種教學實例，最後並論及它的優點與局限。
To cope with the local educational reforms and the change of Hong Kong society, with the aim of facing the challenge of the 21st Century, it is especially urgent that we should train our youngsters in the way that they can think independently, creatively and can solve the problems themselves. There are many ways in educational aspect to achieve these goals. The use of comparison teaching method in the teaching of Chinese may be one of the effective ways.
This article dues with the theory of comparison teaching method, including itsdefinition, its value, its types, the different designs and how to put them into practice. In the end, it will discuss the strong points to use this method as well as its limitations.[Copyright of New Horizons: The Journal of Education, Hong Kong Teachers' Associationl is the property of Hong Kong Teachers' Association at http://www.hkta1934.org.hk/]
