| Summary: | 碩士 === 國立臺北教育大學 === 語文教育學系碩士班 === 94 === This thesis analyzes the usage of travel genre in Grade 1-9 Curriculum of Mandarin. The author selected and studied four sets of textbooks, twelve books each, used in 2004, from four different publishers, Ren-lin, Nan-I, Kang-shuen, and Han-lin. The study compared and contrasted the different texts and explored the background, content, presentation, selection as well as the arrangement of these travel logs.
The first chapter outlines the motives, objectives and method used in this study; and defines the premises for a travel genre. The second chapter reviews the related studies on travel genre and the existing research on the usage of travel genre in teaching against the background of Mandarin education, curriculum and teaching materials. The third chapter analyzes the distribution of these travel texts in the various editions and looks at their editing style and strengths. The forth chapter studies the four publishers’ different travel texts, analyzing the actual body, structure and writing style, which is then followed by a narrative explanation. Chapter five focuses on the actual text contents, analyzing their themes, geography and background angle. The final chapter is the conclusion plus specific recommendations.
The author based her research first on categorizing and analyzing travel texts within Mandarin textbooks, followed by discussion of the texts’ written style and contents. Her study discovered that the majority of these travel texts appear in third, forth and fifth grade textbooks. The story lines are generally written in narrative style and in chronological order. Most of these texts used “Protection of the environment” as the key theme and the difficulty of the texts varied according to the level of the student the textbook was written for. Also, geographically, most of the text took place domestically in northern part of Taiwan. In sum, the author feels that these travel texts lack literary depth and suggest that quality literary work should supplement the overall Mandarin curriculum.
Grade 1-9 Curriculum of Elementary and Junior High Schools stipulates that education should emphasize both national-identity as well as international perspectives. From this standpoint, the author feels the use of travel genre deserves serious attention. In the design of these texts, care should be taken to build-in continuity, depth and breadth. Educators should guide the students first to approach such genre as simple readings and in time, encourage students’ in creating their own writings. Under such guidance, students may strengthen their reading and self-expression written skills. The author recommends in-depth analysis of the contents of these travel texts and recommends further topical study of this genre as a teaching tool.
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