Bilingual education in China : practices, policies, and concepts / edited by Anwei Feng.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Feng, Anwei, 1954-

Series:

Bilingual education and bilingualism ; 64.

Bilingual education and bilingualism ; 64

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Education, Bilingual--China--Cross-cultural studies.

Education, Bilingual.

Bilingualism--China--Cross-cultural studies.

Bilingualism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (302 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Clevedon : Multilingual Matters, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The complexity and diversity of the linguistic situations, practices, policies and theories of bilingual education is widely acknowledged in a country with a population of 1.3 billion people consisting of 56 officially recognised indigenous nationalities speaking more than 80 languages. This book addresses this complexity and diversity with a comprehensive examination of issues in bilingual education for both minority and majority nationalities in China and explores the links between the two major forms of bilingual education. It includes voices that are ‘emic’ or ‘etic’, local or international, and voices that come from those who work at the forefront of bilingual education or in the development of theory. All these voices are needed as different and divergent perspectives represent a reality

Contents:

Front matter

Contents

Foreword

Acknowledgement

The Contributors

Chapter 1. Introduction

Chapter 2. Bilingual or Multilingual Education in China: Policy and Learner Experience

Chapter 3. Depoliticisation in the English Curriculum

Chapter 4. Language in Tibetan Education: The Case of the Neidiban

Chapter 5. Typology of Bilingualism and Bilingual Education in Chinese Minority Nationality Regions

Chapter 6. The Juggernaut of Chinese–English Bilingual Education

Chapter 7. Research and Practice of Tibetan–Chinese Bilingual Education

Chapter 8. Integrated English–A Bilingual Teaching Model in Southern China

Chapter 9. Implementing Language Policy: Lessons from Primary School English

Chapter 10. Challenges and Prospects of Minority Bilingual Education in China–An Analysis of Four Projects

Chapter 11. Facts and Considerations About Bilingual Education in Chinese Universities

Chapter 12. Teachers’ Perceptions of Chinese–English Bilingual Teaching in Guangxi

Chapter 13. EFL Education in Ethnic Minority Areas in Northwest China: An Investigational Study in Gansu Province

Chapter 14. Intercultural Space for Bilingual Education

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786610935062

9781280935060

1280935065

9781853599934

185359993X

OCLC:

648318141