Title: The First Oral English Textbook Compiled by a Chinese in Modern Chinese History: A Study on The English and Chinese Students Assistant, or Colloquial Phrases, Letters & c, in English and Chinese

Abstract: In 1826, The English and Chinese Students Assistant, or Colloquial Phrases, Letters & c, in English and Chinese was published in Malacca. The author was a student from the Anglo-Chinese College at Malacca, whose name was SHAOU TĬH. As far as the current data is concerned, the book was the first English textbook compiled by a Chinese in modern Chinese history. The professionalism, practicability and pertinency reflected in the textbook, not only exerted positive influence on English learning and teaching in the Anglo-Chinese College at Malacca at that time, but also is of great historical significance to present compilation of English textbooks.

Keywords: Oral English textbook, SHAOU TĬH, Anglo-Chinese College, cultural communication between China and the West

Author: Haoyu Bian, Associate Professor, School of Foreign Languages, Suzhou Vocational University, Suzhou, Jiangsu, China.