The Design and Practice of Teaching The Story of the Stone for Learning Chinese Culture

• Main Authors: An-Chi Lin, 林安琪
• Other Authors: Ni-Se Peng
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2014
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/71110312422953158909

碩士 === 中原大學 === 應用華語文研究所 === 102 === This study aims at teaching Chinese culture to intermediate language learners from Korea, who have better skills to understand the target language and have more needs to get in touch with its culture. This study is to know if a Chinese classical novel would help them acquire broader knowledge of Chinese Culture. The Story of the Stone, a nineteenth century vernacular classic, is therefore chosen. It is for two reasons: firstly, the time it was published is close to modern era but before the grand movement of modernization. It means a chance for learners to touch upon Chinese language which is not only un- Europeanized but also is continuously active in contemporary Chinese cultural realm. Secondly, part of pre-modern Chinese culture portrayed in this novel still plays a critical part in current Chinese society. The structure of this designated course in teaching Chinese culture is based on ADDIE (Instructional Design Process) and the aim is towards 5Cs. It seeks to develop an approach incorporating the designs of class, material, and action research for these three together will form a complete process for teaching and learning. This course contains three sections and each one is a 3-hour class. The sections are as follows: 1) The luminescent jade; 2) Man is made of mud while woman is of water, and 3) Baoyubecame a buddhistmonk. These three chapters run smoothly as a complete story. However, in order to fit the level of intermediate learners, the original material is rewritten. The text of each chapter is further provided with pictures, interpretations, and evaluations to help learners to achieve our teaching aim. This project also applies DRTA (Directing Reading Thinking Activities) and Cooperative Learning. The former is beneficial to the understanding of text and learners could also accustom to read the target language with comprehension. The latter is to encourage learners helping each other in class and thereby reinforce their learning motivations. This study adopts both quantity and quality approaches. The evaluation of their learning results will no doubt help teachers to refine course design and understand their classes more fully. The result shows that learners are satisfied with this course and agree that culture can be learned from literature. Moreover, their confidence is also reinforced through this project.