Overview
- Comprehensive and complex in its treatment of Chinese as a Foreign/Second Language
- Offers a historical overview before launching into the latest information on current policy and practice of learning and teaching Chinese as a foreign or second language
- Contains multi-disciplinary findings and examines CFL/CSL from a variety of perspectives and for all levels of education
Part of the book series: Multilingual Education (MULT, volume 14)
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This book offers historical, philosophical, and sociocultural perspectives on Chinese language education for speakers of other languages with a special focus on Chinese language education in the United States. It provides a comprehensive, cross-disciplinary look at changes in CFL/CSL education over time in China and the U.S. and the philosophical, political and sociocultural influences that led to these changes. The essays address a wide array of topics related to Chinese language education, including:
A historical overview of the field
Theories that apply to CFL/CSL learning
Policies and initiatives for CFL/CSL by the Chinese and U.S. governments
Medium of instruction
Curriculum and instruction for CFL/CSL learners at K-12 and college levels
Technology for CFL/CSL education
Chinese language learning for heritage learners
CFL in study abroad contexts
CFL teacher education and training
This work is essential reading forscholars and students interested in gaining a greater understanding of Chinese language education in the two countries and around the world.
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Keywords
- CFL education
- Chinese as a foreign language
- Chinese as a heritage language
- Chinese as second language
- Chinese language curriculum development
- Chinese language education
- Chinese language learners
- Chinese language learning
- Classroom management in cross-cultural contexts
- Pedagogy of Chinese as a second language
- Policy on Chinese as a second language
- Teacher preparation for Chinese as a foreign language
- U.S. policies and initiatives on CFL
- chinese
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Book Title: Chinese Language Education in the United States
Editors: Jiening Ruan, Jie Zhang, Cynthia B. Leung
Series Title: Multilingual Education
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-21308-8
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-21307-1Published: 18 November 2015
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-36311-0Published: 23 August 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-21308-8Published: 10 November 2015
Series ISSN: 2213-3208
Series E-ISSN: 2213-3216
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 250
Topics: Language Education, Educational Policy and Politics, Applied Linguistics, Chinese