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Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art ›› 2016, Vol. 36 ›› Issue (6): 139-147.

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The Earliest Experiment Report of College Chinese: A New Interpretation of The Teaching of Practical Writings by Liu Bannong

He Eryuan, Feng Wenli   

  1. the School of Humanities at Hangzhou Normal University (Hangzhou 311121, China)
  • Online:2016-11-25 Published:2017-09-30
  • About author:He Eryuan is an associate professor of the School of Humanities at Hangzhou Normal University (Hangzhou 311121, China), with research focusing on Chinese teaching in tertiary institutes. Feng Wenli is a lecturer of the School of Humanities and Communication, Zhejiang Gongshang University (Hangzhou 310018, China), with research interests in Chinese teaching in tertiary institutes and Redology.

Abstract: After Gui-Mao education system enforced in 1904, preparatory courses lasted and became an organic part of modern Chinese higher education. As the predecessor of First-year College Chinese in the Republic of China, "preparatory Chinese courses" indicated the early form of College Chinese. Liu Bannong's "Teaching of Practical Writings", finished in 1917 and published in the next year, was the earliest research article and experiment report in modern Chinese as a discipline. Situated within the background of New Culture Movement, this article could have a better display of Liu Bannong and his colleagues' ideas of Chinese language education. Among them, the discrimination of the educational objectives between "erudite people" and "common people" is particularly significant for today's research of the college Chinese.

Key words: Liu Bannong, practical writings, college Chinese in preparatory education, experiment report, college Chinese