Abstract:The Malaysian Ministry of Education has introduced both the Document of Standards Performance and Assessment (DSKP)and the Guide to Compose Mandarin Textbooks for Form 1 and Form 2 in year 2015 and 2016 respectively.The Standard Based Curriculum for Secondary Schools?(KSSM)version of new Mandarin teaching material was product of deep thoughts and audacious innovation.A few changes can be seen in the KSSM teaching material:literatures from different countries have been organized in units instead of single literature per chapter;various types of literatures have been selected including poetries,prose,novels,expository writings etc.;complete classic poems replaced “Chinese Excerpts”;numerous color pages and illustrations have been inserted;digital teaching and learning materials can be obtained by scanning QR code attached in textbook;higher-order thinking questions designed to meet the exam requirement have been included.The KSSM Mandarin teaching material is a big leap forward compared to the old version of KBSM Mandarin teaching material.This paper studies on compilation of the new KSSM Mandarin teaching material,focusing on its ideology and its structure;discusses the innovation,gains and lost of the material,and reveals the characteristics of the material on the basis of that.This paper also points out some valuable views and suggestions regarding the new material,hoping to probe new insights of the editorial board and the users of KSSM teaching material.
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