Analysis of the Reading Text of Compulsory One of High School English in Foreign Language Research Press from the Perspective of Theme Context_Vol. 2 No. 3 (JHET 2025)_Journal of Higher Education Teaching (ISSN: 3005-5776)

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Analysis of the Reading Text of Compulsory One of High School English in Foreign Language Research Press from the Perspective of Theme Context

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.62517/jhet.202515325

Author(s)

Haoyue Lan*

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Liaocheng University, Liaocheng, Shandong, China * Corresponding Author

Abstract

This article takes the Foreign Language Research Press High School English Compulsory One textbook as the research object, referring to the theme context classification in the "General High School English Curriculum Standards (2017 Edition, 2020 Revision)" (hereinafter referred to as the "Curriculum Standards"), and conducts in-depth analysis on the overall characteristics, distribution, input order of the theme context of the reading text and its subordinate theme groups, as well as the factors that affect the input order of each theme group within each theme context. The aim is to discover its presentation rules and provide a series of suggestions and references for frontline teachers on how to effectively use and objectively evaluate the textbook.

Keywords

Thematic Context; Foreign Language Research Press High School English Compulsory Course 1; Textbook Analysis; Reading text

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