Volume 2 · Issue 6 (2025)
Research on Extraction of High Frequency Chinese Phrases in Catering and Development of Textbooks: A Case Study of Hotpot Ordering Scenarios
Yongquan Li
College of Teacher Education, Quzhou University, Quzhou, Zhejiang, China
Abstract: With the acceleration of globalization, the demand for teaching Chinese as a second language (CSL) is increasing. The catering scene, especially hotpot ordering, has become an important area of CSL teaching due to its high interactivity and cultural embedding. This study takes the hot pot ordering scene as an example, and extracts about 27 high-frequency phrases, such as “huan ying guang lin (Welcome)”,“qing wen ji wei (How many persons do you have, please?)”, “yuan yang guo (Double-flavor hot pot)” from online resources and academic papers through word frequency analysis and scene simulation methods, covering greetings, pot bottom selection, dish ordering and checkout. Based on task-based teaching and immersive strategies, develop a textbook prototype that emphasizes predictability, scaffolding support, and cross-cultural comparison to help non-native learners quickly master practical expressions. The results show that this method can effectively improve learning efficiency, but it needs to consider the differences in learners’ backgrounds. In the future, it can be expanded to other catering scenarios to enrich CSL resources.
Keywords: Catering Chinese; High frequency phrase; Hot pot ordering; Textbook development; Task-based teaching
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