In recent years, teachers of introductory courses in Asian American studies have been facing a dilemma nonexistent a few decades ago, when hardly any texts in that field were available. Today, excellent anthologies and other introductory texts exist, and books on individual Asian American nationality groups and on general issues important for Asian Americans are published almost weekly. Even professors who are experts in the field find it difficult to decide which of these to assign to students; non-experts who teach in related areas and are looking for writings for and by Asian Americans to include in survey courses are in an even worse position.
A complicating factor has been the continuing lack of specialized one-volume reference works on Asian Americans, such as biographical dictionaries or desktop encyclopedias. Such works would enable students taking Asian American studies courses (and professors in related fields) to look up basic information on Asian American individuals, institutions, history, and culture without having to wade through mountains of primary source material. In addition, given such works, Asian American studies professors might feel more free to include more challenging Asian American material in their introductory reading lists, since good reference works allow students to acquire on their own the background information necessary to interpret difficult or unfamiliar material.
The author of the passage is primarily concerned with doing which of the following?
Recommending a methodology
Describing a course of study
Discussing a problem
Evaluating a past course of action
Responding to a criticism
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正确答案是 C. Discussing a Problem。文章作者主要关注讨论一个问题,这个问题是授课教师在引入亚裔美国人研究课程时所面临的困境,因为学生和教师需要搜索大量的原始材料来获取亚裔美国人的基本信息,而没有一本汇集亚裔美国人信息的参考书籍。