Abstract:

This paper discusses the “Theory Peculiar to Language” (TPTL) proposed by Professor Pan Wenguo, a famous linguist, language educator, and senior translator. Based on his theory, this paper discusses how to identify the characteristics and rules of a language via a contrastive study, how to establish TPTL, and how to derive a corresponding approach to teaching a language. This paper also discusses the basic principles of TPTL, and specifically analyzes the characteristics of Chinese and its TPTL, as well as the corresponding Chinese teaching approach. Finally, the paper analyzes the importance of TPTL in language teaching, and argues that the determination of the approach to language teaching, particularly the approach to teaching a foreign language, should focus on the foreign-language teaching environment in which the interference of the mother tongue (Chinese) occurs, and should be based on an in-depth understanding of the rules that are peculiar to Chinese and to the foreign language that is being taught, as well as the unique cognitive rules that apply to students of different ages in a monolingual area. The conclusion of the paper is that there are no universally applicable teaching approaches, and that teaching approaches are unique. Therefore, a contrastive approach to foreign-language teaching with Chinese characteristics is proposed.

Keywords: Theory Peculiar to Language (TPTL); contrastive approach to foreign-language teaching; cognitive rules; language teaching environment

摘要：

本文阐述了著名语言学家、语言教育家、资深翻译家潘文国教授的语言独特性理论，并以此为基础，提出应通过对比研究发现语言特点和规律，建立语言独特性理论，衍生出相应的语言教学法。文章还讨论了语言独特性理论的基本原理，具体探讨了汉语的特征及其独特性理论以及相应的汉语教学法。文章最后分析了语言独特性理论对语言教学的启示，认为语言教学法特别是外语教学法的确定，应该注重母语汉语干涉的外语教学环境因素，深刻认识母语汉语和所授外语的独特性语言规律，深刻认识单语地区不同年龄学生的独特认知规律。文章的结论是不存在放之四海而皆准的教学法，教学法具有独特性；由此提出了具有中国特色的外语对比教学法。

关键词: 语言独特性理论, 外语对比教学法, 认知规律, 语言教学环境