Culture, literacy, and learning English : voices from the Chinese classroom / edited by Kate Parry with Su Xiaojun.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Parry, Kate.

Su, Xiaojun

James Hosmer Penniman Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English language--Study and teaching--Chinese speakers.

English language.

English language--Study and teaching--China.

English language--Study and teaching.

Literacy.

English language--Social aspects.

China.

English language--Social aspects--China.

Language and culture--China.

Language and culture.

Literacy--China.

Physical Description:

xvii, 270 pages ; illustrations ;23 cm

Place of Publication:

Portsmouth, NH : Boynton/Cook Publishers, [1998]

Contents:

Part 1 The Culture of Chinese Literacy 1

1 Literacy at Home 3

1 Four Generations / Zhu Xiaowen 8

2 My Experience of Childhood / Sheng Ping 12

3 Literacy in My Home / Zhu Minghui 14

4 Reading and Writing Within a Family / Ding Lu 16

5 The Beginnings of Literacy for Rural Children / Lu Wanying 18

6 From the Womb to the Cradle: The Practice of Tai Jiao / Xu Ju 22

7 Education at Home / Li Xiaozhong 25

8 The Importance of Early Education / Luo Ningxia 27

9 Education Outside School / Qin Haihua 29

10 Literacy Acquisition: The Difference Between Urban and Rural Areas / Zhang Weinian 31

2 The Social Context of Schooling 33

1 Chinese Examinations in Historical Perspective / Su Xiaojun 37

2 The Influence of Confucianism on China's Education / Wu Liangzhe 40

3 Good and Bad Schools / Yang Hongqi 42

4 Problems in Chinese Primary Education / Zhu Xiaowen 45

5 Literacy at School / Zhao Guangzhu 49

6 Ideological Teaching Through Early School Literacy / Lu Wanying 52

7 Chinese Children in Primary School / Qin Haihua 56

8 The Heavy Burden of Chinese Children / Gu Tiexia 58

3 Learning the Written Language 61

1 Form, Pronunciation, and Meaning in Chinese Characters / Chang Qian 67

2 Comprehending Word Meanings in Chinese / Xu Ju 70

3 Step by Step: Reading in Primary School / Wang Jian 73

4 How Chinese Children Learn Chinese in School / Zhu Minghui 79

5 Reading Aloud in Learning Chinese / Wang Kui 85

6 Classical Chinese Reading in Junior-Secondary School / Wu Lili 89

Part 2 The English Language in China 99

4 The Social Meaning of English 101

1 Chinese Attitudes Towards English / Liu Yuanyan 106

2 English in China / Chen Ting 109

3 Why Chinese People Learn English Now / Zhu Minghui 112

4 The Present Craze for English: Negative Aspects / Du Qunhua 117

5 English Loan Words in Chinese / Wu Lili 119

6 My Experience of Learning English / He Yue 122

7 Why Do We Study a Foreign Language? / Sun Wenjing 125

8 What Is English? / Qin Haihua 127

5 English in the Chinese Classroom 129

1 Approaching English / Rao Zhiren 136

2 Two Teachers / Zheng Guolong 138

3 Problems of English Teaching in Secondary School / Bao Jingying 140

4 English-Language Teaching in China: The Gap Between Secondary School and College / Gu Tiexia 145

5 Traditional and Communicative Approaches in China's College English Teaching / He Yue 152

6 The College Entrance Exam and College English Test Band 4: Effects on English Teaching / Du Qunhua 157

6 Strategies for Reading in English 169

1 Learning a New Way of Reading / Bao Jingying 176

2 Getting to Know a New Genre: Academic Articles / Du Qunhua 178

3 Reading Two Articles: A Comparison / Zhu Xiaowen 182

4 Extensive Reading in College English: Attitudes, Strategies, and Problems / Wang Kui 187

5 Chinese Student's Reading Strategies: A Study in Contrasts / Wang Jian 195

7 New Directions in Teaching 207

1 Improvement in Classroom Teaching of English / Zhang Jianying 212

2 Vocabulary Teaching or Vocabulary Learning? / Li Xiaozhong 216

3 Towards a Reader-Centered Approach in Intensive Reading / Zhang Weinian 223

4 Let Them Speak: A New Approach to Intensive Reading / Xu Ju, Sheng Ping, Chang Qian 230.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-270).

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the James Hosmer Penniman Book Fund.

ISBN:

0867094486

OCLC:

38132721