Overview
- Takes stock of what has happened in Chinese Language teaching in Singapore over the past 50 year
- Foretells what could and need be done for effective Chinese Language teaching in Singapore if the persistent problems are to be solved, even partially
- Highlights the conditions under which Chinese Language is taught, and has implications for instruction and the development of learning devices
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This collection of articles begins with an overview of the Reviews from past decades, then goes on to describe the current practices, and foretells the possible future developments. This is followed by a discussion of the use of ICT and surveys on several professional aspects of teaching, including teachers’ training needs and perception of student difficulties, assessment literacy, familiarity and use of language teaching strategies, as well as perceived social status and job satisfaction. The book ends with an extensive discussion of bilingualism and code-switching as well as the teaching of Chinese culture in Singapore schools. The comprehensive coverage provides a milestone in Chinese Language teaching in the multi-lingual context of Singapore.
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Table of contents (11 chapters)
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Policy and Curriculum
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Potential and Challenges
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Learners’ Language Ability and Its Challenges
Editors and Affiliations
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Teaching Chinese Language in Singapore
Book Subtitle: Retrospect and Challenges
Editors: Kaycheng Soh
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-0123-9
Publisher: Springer Singapore
eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Singapore 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-10-0121-5Published: 30 March 2016
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-10-9085-1Published: 25 April 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-981-10-0123-9Published: 18 March 2016
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 193
Number of Illustrations: 4 b/w illustrations, 8 illustrations in colour
Topics: Language Education