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Learning Chinese : linguistic, sociocultural, and narrative perspectives / by Patricia Duff, Tim Anderson, Roma Ilnyckyj, Ella VanGaya, Rachel Tianxuan Wang, Elliott Yates.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Trends in applied linguistics ; 5.
- Trends in applied linguistics ; 5
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Chinese language--Study and teaching.
- Chinese language.
- Chinese language--Social aspects.
- Chinese language--Research.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 322 pages ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter Mouton, 2013.
- Summary:
- Five adult English-speaking Canadians and one native speaker of Chinese collaborate in writing a description of learning of Chinese by the English speakers. The basic approach was narrative inquiry informed by diary studies.
- Contents:
- China rising: Chinese and Chinese language learning as global phenomena
- Developing Chinese proficiency: linguistic perspectives
- Developing everyday Chinese literacies: Sinographic choices, practices, and identities
- Sociocultural approaches to Chinese language learning and research: negotiating identities and communities
- Narrative and metanarrative perspectives on learning, researching, and theorizing Chinese as an additional language
- Conclusion: reflections on research in Chinese as an additional language
- Appendix A: learners' narratives
- Appendix B: sample questions for a Chinese proficiency interview (2009, 2010).
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 303-316) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781934078761
- 193407876X
- OCLC:
- 798612604
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