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1、8LANGUAGEANDCULTUREOralreadingpracticeinChina’selementaryschools:Abriefdiscussionofitsuniquerootsinlanguage,culture,andsocietyLanguageandCultureQianTianPepperdineUniversityGraduateSchoolofEducationandPsychology8LANGUAGEANDCULTURELanguageisaverysignificanttoolfo
2、rhumanbeingstoexchangeideasandhelpthemtodevelopawholesociety,andplentyofsocialresearchersandlinguisticexpertshavebeentryingtofindsomeeffectiveteachingandlearningstrategiestoreachahighleveloflanguagelearning.Thispaperisareviewof“oralreadingpracticeinChina’seleme
3、ntaryschools:Abriefdiscussionofitsuniquerootsinlanguage,culture,andsociety”byauthorsLiqingandLiZuo(1997).Intheirarticle,TaoandZuointroducedtherelationshipbetweenPinyinandChinesewrittencharacters,andresearchedhowlanguage,culturalandsocialfactorsaffectedChinesewr
4、ittencharacters.ThearticleismeanttoguideChineseteachersinelementaryschoolstouseoralreadingpracticeasthemaineffectiveteachingmethod.Theauthorsdividedthisarticleintofivesections.ThefirstsectionprovidesanoverviewofPinyinandChinesecharacterswithanillustrationofaChi
5、neselanguagereadinglesson.Thelanguage,cultural,andsocialfactorsthatinfluenceoralreadingpracticesareexaminedinthesecond,third,andfourthsections(TaoandZuo,1997).Inmyreview,IwillfocusontwoimportantsectionsofthearticlewhichareChineselanguagestructureandculturalinfl
6、uencesofthelanguage.Firstly,forthelanguagefactors,theauthorsexplainedbrieflytherelationshipbetweenPinyinandChinesecharacters,citinghoworalreadingpracticeismuchhelpfultoyoungChinesestudentsinelementaryschoolstolearnChinese.PinyinandChinesecharactersarebothwritte
7、nsymbolsandnowPinyinisthefundamentalparttohelppeoplestudyChinese.However,theyhavedifferentfunctionsandtheywerecreatedinadifferentperiod.Pinyinconsistsofcombinativeletters,whichphoneticsystemwastheresultofarelativelyrecentlanguagereformeffort,lessthan100yearsold
8、,topopularize8LANGUAGEANDCULTUREandstandardizeChineselanguagepronunciation(DeFrancis,1984),onlytohelppeoplewriteChinesecharacters.Onthecontrary,Chinesewrittencharactershaveb
