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史中琦
哥伦比亚大学，美国

关道雄 
加州大学圣塔芭芭拉分校，美国

摘要
以商务情境为纲并从中提取出典型话题是现行商务汉语教材最常见的编排方式之一，但由于缺乏实证研究和实践验证的支撑，如何保证教材的适用性和实用性一直是一个难点。为了解决商务汉语教材内容的甄选问题，本研究从若干有代表性的商务汉语教材入手，通过对其涉及到情境和话题做提取与统计，再以典型性、实用性与普适性为取舍标准进行归纳总结，重建出一个包含十二类大话题 118 个小话题的体系，大致涵盖一般商务用途汉语教学的主要内容，进而邀请三类目标人群对这些商务汉语核心话题就其重要性与实用性进行评估。这三类人群是：汉语非母语的学生、汉语老师和商务人士。通过统计、对比这三类人群的问卷结果，本研究试图揭示以课本为载体的课堂教学内容与职场实际需求的差异，从而为商务汉语教学及教材的编写提供可借鉴的思路。

关键词
商务汉语，典型情境，话题，核心内容，教材，需求分析，三维调查

An investigation of core content of Business Chinese Instruction: A Three-Dimensional Perspective

 

Zhongqi Shi
Columbia University, USA

Daoxiong Guan
University of California, Santa Barbara, USA

Abstract
Scenario-based and topic-focused textbooks are widely used in Business Chinese classes. However, due to the lack of empirical research and data support, it has been a long-standing challenge to ensure textbook applicability and practicability. To address this challenge, the current research analyzes 15 representative Business Chinese textbooks, extracting and organizing frequently covered topics. After necessary selections and reductions, we propose a set of instruction contents for general business purposes, consisting of twelve major topics and 118 sub-topics. Then, we invited three types of target groups to evaluate these core Business Chinese topics on importance and usefulness. The three groups of people are students learning the Chinese language, Chinese language teachers, and business professionals. Through statistical analyses and comparisons of the results, we attempt to reveal the differences between classroom teaching and the needs of the workplace, with the goal of providing useful suggestions for Business Chinese teaching and textbook development.

Keywords
Business Chinese, scenario-based instruction, topic, core content, teaching materials, need analysis, three-dimensional survey