English language education across greater China / edited by Anwei Feng.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Feng, Anwei, 1954-

Series:

Bilingual education and bilingualism ; 80.

Bilingual education & bilingualism ; 80

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English language--Study and teaching--China.

English language.

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

English language--Social aspects--China.

Bilingualism.

Language acquisition.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (298 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Bristol, UK ; Tonawanda, NY : Multilingal Matters, c2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This volume is the first to offer a comprehensive and, at the same time, in-depth examination of the spread of English and English language education across Greater China. It consists of two parts. Part 1 presents rich sociolinguistic data for easy comparisons between mainland China, Singapore, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Macao, while Part 2 explores in depth the phenomena inside mainland China to provide contrastive analysis of English language use and education in economically booming areas such as Shanghai and Guangdong and underdeveloped regions like Xinjiang and Yunnan. With the descriptive, comparative and analytical accounts of different territories ranging from nation-states to small villages in remote areas, theories on the spread of English, second/third language acquisition and identity are challenged with new concepts proposed and established.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Contributors

Foreword

Chapter 1. Introduction: The Apex of ‘the Third Wave’ – English Language across Greater China

Chapter 2. The English Language in Mainland China: A Sociolinguistic Profile

Chapter 3. English-knowing Bilingualism in Singapore: Economic Pragmatism, Ethnic Relations and Class

Chapter 4. English Language in Taiwan: An Examination of its Use in Society and Education in Schools

Chapter 5. Improving the Standards and Promoting the Use of English in Hong Kong: Issues, Problems and Prospects

Chapter 6. English Use and Education in Macao

Chapter 7. The ‘English Curriculum Standards’ in China: Rationales and Issues

Chapter 8. Primary School English Language Teaching in South China: Past, Present and Future

Chapter 9. English Immersion in Mainland China

Chapter 10. Family Background and English Learning at Compulsory Stage in Shanghai

Chapter 11. Economic Development and the Growing Importance of the English Language in Guangxi

Chapter 12. Trilingual Education Policy Ideals and Realities for the Naxi in Rural Yunnan

Chapter 13. Learning English as a Third Language by Uyghur Students in Xinjiang: A Blessing in Disguise?

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 07. Jul 2020)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781847693518

1847693512

9781283147705

128314770X

OCLC:

703445893