声明
ABSTRACT
摘要
Acknowledgements
Table of Contents
Chapter 1 Introduction
1.1 Research Background
1.2 Research Purposes
1.3 Research significance
1.3.1 Theoretical significance
1.3.2 Practical significance
1.4 Overall Structure of the Thesis
Chapter 2 Literature Review
2.1 Definitions of Culture and Teaching Materials
2.1.1 Definitions of Culture
2.1.2 Definitions of Teaching Materials and Textbooks
2.1.3 Definition of Acculturation
2.2 Previous Studies on Culture and Textbook Abroad
2.3 Previous Studies on Culture and Textbook at Home
2.4 Summary of Previous Studies on Culture and Textbook at Home and Abroad
Chapter 3.Theoretical Foundations
3.1 Acculturation Model
3.2 Cultural Positive Transfer Theory
3.3 Cultural Functions of Textbooks Theory
3.4 Relationship between Textbooks and Culture
3.4.1 Relationship between Language and Culture
3.4.2 Requirements for Qualified English Textbooks
Chapter 4.Research Design
4.1 Research Questions
4.2 Research Subjects and Methods
4.3 Research Procedures
Chapter 5.Results and Discussions
5.1 Internal Culture Characteristics of the Two Sets of Textbooks
5.1.1 The Culture Percent of Go for it
5.1.2 Culture Percent of Kaiming English Books
5.1.3 Comparing Western Culture in the Two Sets of Textbooks
5.1.4 Comparison on the Internal Culture Characteristics
5.2 Comparing the Ways of Culture Import
5.2.1 Ways of Culture Import in Kaiming English Books
5.2.2 Ways of Culture Import in Go for it
5.3 External Cuiture Characteristics of the Two Sets of Textbooks
5.3.1 Comparing Writers
5.3.2 Comparing Illustrations
5.3.3 Comparing Editing Systems
5.3.4 Comparing Genres of Texts
Chapter 6.Conclusion
6.1 Main Findings
6.2 Implications for Junior High School English Teaching and Textbook Compilation
6.3 Limitations of the study
6.4 Suggestions for Further Research
References
Appendix