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Learning Chinese as a heritage language : an Australian perspective / Guanglun Michael Mu.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Mu, Guanglun Michael, author.
- Series:
- Multilingual Matters ; 162.
- Multilingual Matters ; 162
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Chinese language--Study and teaching--Australia.
- Chinese language.
- Chinese--Australia--Languages.
- Chinese.
- Political sociology.
- Language policy--Political aspects--Australia.
- Language policy.
- Language and culture--Political aspects--Australia.
- Language and culture.
- Language and languages.
- Chinese language--Study and teaching.
- Australia.
- Physical Description:
- xxiii, 170 pages : illustrations, 1 map ; 22 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Bristol ; Buffalo : Multilingual Matters, [2016]
- Contents:
- 1 From the White Australia Policy to Multiculturalism: Chinese Immigrants and Chinese Language in Australia 1
- Sunnybank: A Chinese-Populated Community in Queensland; Australia 2
- What Does 'Culture' Mean? 7
- Cultural and Language Policies in Australia 9
- Chinese Immigrants in Australia 15
- Chinese Language in Australia 20
- Empirical Questions around Learning Chinese as a Heritage Language in Australia 21
- Chapter Summary 22
- 2 Chinese Heritage Language and its Learners in the West: Empirical Knowledge, Theoretical Framework and Research Method 24
- What is a Heritage Language and who are its Learners? 26
- Commitment to Chinese Heritage Language Learning: Motivation, Investment and Capital 28
- Identity Issues in Chinese Heritage Language Learning: Self-Identification, Constructed Identity and Habitus 38
- Theorising Chinese Heritage Language Learning: A Bourdieusian Framework 48
- Bourdieu's Methodological Pluralism 50
- Chapter Summary 52
- 3 Sociological Mechanism for Learning Chinese as a Heritage Language in Australia: A Quantitative Investigation 55
- The Survey Design: Operationalisation of Theoretical Constructs 55
- Confucian Dispositions 59
- The Pilot Phase: Face Validity and Internal Consistency Reliability 66
- Chinese Australian Participants in the Main Study: A Demographically Diverse Group of Young People 68
- Instrument Validation: Reliability and Validity 76
- Hypothesis Testing: Structural Equation Modelling 77
- Chapter Summary 87
- 4 A Qualitative Exploration of the Profits of Chinese Heritage Language Learning: You Reap What You Sow! 90
- Research Design: One-to-One Semi-structured Interview 91
- Who Were the Interview Participants? 93
- Negotiating the Power Relations during the Interviews: Bourdieu's Advice 98
- Data Analysis 101
- What did Chinese Heritage Language Mean to These Participants? 103
- Are the Findings Consistent Across the Quantitative and the Qualitative Investigation 120
- Chapter Summary 126
- 5 Learning Chinese as a Heritage Language: A Perplexed Project 130
- Chinese Australians, a Heterogeneous Group of Chinese
- Heritage Language Learners 130
- Habitus, Capital and Social Practices in Fields 134
- Field of Forces 139
- Learning Chinese Heritage Language across Time and Space 141
- A Final Remark on Habitus of Chineseness 143
- Some Practical Implications 147
- Overall Conclusion 150.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 156-168) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781783094288
- 1783094281
- OCLC:
- 910987461
- Publisher Number:
- 99969103002
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