一、简介最近数十年来,美国国内使用最广的对外汉语教材是20世纪60年代约翰·德弗朗西斯主编、耶鲁大学出版的《初级汉语》、《中级汉语》、《高级汉语》。这套被大家亲切地称为德弗朗西斯课本的教材主要是受传统的听说教学法(Audiolingual)的影响,“冷战”期间因为国防的需要一下子产生了大量的外语教学工作,均采用该教学法。此套教材的部分卷册至今仍在重印和使用。 I. INTRODUCTION The most widely used foreign language teaching materials in the United States in recent decades are the chief editor of John De Frances in the 1960s, “Elementary Chinese”, “Intermediate Chinese” and “Advanced Chinese” published by Yale University. This set of textbooks, affectionately known as De Francis, is mainly influenced by the traditional Audiolingual method. A large amount of foreign language teaching work has been produced because of the need of national defense during the Cold War, The teaching method. Some of the textbooks are still being reprinted and used.