In the process of China rapidly entering the center of the world stage, participating in global governance, and jointly building the "the Belt and Road", it is urgent to cultivate talents who are proficient in foreign languages. English textbooks play a key role in the education and training of English talents. This paper analyzes the text readability of high school English textbooks in China and in Poland, one of the important countries along the "the Belt and Road". The similarities and differences between the two kinds of high school English textbooks have been found which can be used for further revision of high school English textbooks in the future.

Guangping Sun. A Comparative Study on Readability of High School English Textbooks in Poland and China. International Journal of Educational Curriculum Management and Research (2023), Vol. 4, Issue 2: 98-106. https://doi.org/10.38007/IJECMR.2023.040212.

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