| 英文摘要 |
This study examines how Chinese relative clauses are presented in teaching materials and the instructional deviations exhibited by pre-service teachers in classroom practice. The teaching and learning of Chinese relative clauses are particularly challenging due to differences in embedded structures, cross-linguistic variation, and the increasing complexity arising from the addition of linguistic elements. As the obligatory marker linking modifiers and head nouns, de (的) involves highly complex usage. At the elementary level, textbooks introduce multiple grammar points related to de (的), including relative clauses, possessive constructions, stative verb modifiers, cleft sentences, and stative verb reduplication. Teachers who lack sufficient grammatical knowledge may therefore misuse these structures in instruction. Given that textbooks serve as a primary basis for grammar teaching, it is necessary to examine whether they adequately reflect the core grammatical features of relative clauses. To explore how relative clauses are presented in textbooks and how pre-service teachers handle this grammar point in actual teaching, this study first employed content analysis to examine textbook materials. Classroom observation was then conducted to collect data on pre-service teachers’instructional practices, followed by interviews with in-service Chinese language teachers to supplement and further contextualize the analysis. The findings reveal several recurring instructional deviations: (1) failure to distinguish subject relative clauses (SRCs) from object relative clauses (ORCs); (2) overemphasis on surface structure with insufficient attention to embedded structure, function, and context; (3) limited and overly form-focused practice activities; (4) a limited range of syntactic roles and insufficient integration of new knowledge with learners' prior knowledge; and (5) insufficient grammatical knowledge reflected in non-relative-clause constructions (non-RCs) or ungrammatical examples. These findings suggest the need for targeted grammar pedagogy training in teacher education programs to reduce future instructional errors. |