Application of "Trinity Grammar" in Grammatical Interpretation of TCFL Textbooks
Taking A Case Study of "V/Adj.+ de" Bi sentence
Keywords:
trinity gramma, Bi sentence with V/Adj. de, Grammatical interpretation of teaching materials, Thai Chinese learnersAbstract
Based on the "Trinity Grammar" teaching system, this paper divides the functions and characteristics of the more flexible Bi sentence with "V/Adj.+ de" in the sentence pattern. In order to know more specifically the learners' mastery of this grammar point and their use of teaching materials, this paper designs three questionnaires on different test questions and the use of grammatical definitions in teaching materials, and makes a relevant investigation on Thai Chinese learners. From the survey results, we conclude that the typical mistakes of learners mainly include: students add adverbs of degree after "de", the words they choose don't conform to the rules of this sentence, they haven't mastered the verb copy yet, and the words they choose don't conform to the logical relationship of the whole sentence. Finally, the view will design the internal functions of Trinity Grammar, combined with the answers to this questionnaire. According to this part, it can be divided into four dimensions: typical context, typical object meaning, typical comparison action and typical comparison content. These four dimensions are based on highlighting the characteristics of grammar items and learners' common cognition, so that teaching users can understand the internal relationship of the sentence pattern with "V/Adj.+ de" through these typical components, and at the same time, suggestions are put forward for improving the grammatical interpretation of Chinese as a tool for foreign language teaching resources.
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