The Field of Chinese Language Education in the U.S. : a Retrospective of the 20th Century = Er shi shi ji mei guo zhong wen jiao xue jie de hui gu / edited by Vivian Ling.
The Field of Chinese Language Education in the U.S. : a Retrospective of the 20th Century = 二十世纪美国中文教学界的回顾 edited by Vivian Ling.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ling, Vivian, editor, author.

Language:

Chinese

English

Subjects (All):

Chinese language--Study and teaching (Higher).

History.

United States.

Chinese language--Study and teaching (Higher)--United States--History--20th century.

Chinese language.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xvii, 459 pages : 1 illustration ; 24 cm

Other Title:

Er shi shi ji Meiguo Zhong wen jiao xue jie de hui gu

二十世纪美国中文教学界的回顾

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, 2018.

Language Note:

Chiefly in English with some articles in Chinese.

Summary:

"This book will be the first account of the development of Chinese as a foreign language in the U.S., as it interacts with the relevant entities in China and beyond. There are virtually no systematic retrospective reflections on the field outside of the greater China region; and yet over the past decades the field has grown by leaps and bounds, and it is critical now that we pause to reflect on what has happened and what we can learn from the past. The contributors are among some of the most influential pioneers in the field whose entire academic lives have been dedicated to its development. The Field of Chinese Language Education in the U.S.: A Retrospective of the 20th Century is aimed at those who are currently engaged in Chinese language education, as teachers or as students. "--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

1 Pioneering Chinese studies in the era before Chinese language curriculum existed in American academia p. 1 / Paul S. Ropp

"Head Start" childhoods in China p. 2

Academic routes to China: pioneers of the 1930s through the 1980s p. 8

2 A new calling for former missionaries in the secular world p. 21 / Vivian Ling

Henry C. Fenn (1894-1978) p. 24

M. Gardner Tewksbury (1892- sometime after 1972) p. 27

Robert Tharp (1913-1993) p. 28

Howard E. Sollenberger (1917-1999) p. 32

3 Key roles played by elite Chinese émigrés p. 39 / Vivian Ling and Lynn Struve

Wang Fangyu (王方宇, also known in the West as Fred Fangyu Wang, 1913-1997) p. 41

Lee Pao-chen (李抱忱 1907-1979) p. 44

Huang Po-fei (黃伯飛, also known as Parker Po-fei Huang, 1914-2008) p. 48

The indefatigable Teng Ssu-yü (鄧嗣禹 1906-1988) p. 54

Addendum: notable Chinese émigrés p. 60

4 Institute of Far Eastern Languages at Yale University p. 67 / Vivian Ling

5 Interface between U.S. government initiatives and academia p. 81

5.1 Precursors to government involvement: private foundation initiatives p. 83 / Vivian Ling

5.2 The impact of federal legislation and funding for foreign language and area studies p. 93 / Vivian Ling and Richard T. Thompson

5.3 美国政府的举措对中文教学发展的影响 - 来自西东大学的故事 The effect of U.S. government initiatives on the development of Chinese language education - the Seton Mall story p. 107 / Chen DongDong

5.4 Foreign Service Institute (FSI), a valuable reference for academia p. 114 / Cornelius C. Kubler

6 Immersion Chinese language programs, key to language proficiency and cultural literacy p. 123

6.1 The Cornell Program of 1956-63 and the founding of IUP p. 125 / Vivian Ling

6.2 The Inter-University Program (IUP): the thirty-four years in Taipei p. 140 / James E. Dew and Vivian Ling

6.3 My six years with IUP: a time of transition from Taipei to Beijing p. 162 / Vivian Ling

6.4 The Middlebury Chinese Summer School p. 173 / Bai Jianhua

6.5 Study abroad via direct enrollment: my experience at two universities in Taiwan p. 182 / Cornelius C. Kubler

7 Organizing and professionalizing and field: CLTA and its flagship journal p. 194

7.1 The founding and evolution of CLTA p. 195 / Vivian Ling

7.2 CLTA's flagship journal has turned fifty! p. 202 / Zhang Zheng-Sheng

8 From rapprochement to engagement with mainland China p. 213

8.1 Early re-encounters through exchange delegations p. 215 / Vivian Ling

8.2 Building Chinese language programs in China: CET's experience p. 238 / Mark Lenhart

8.3 Genesis and mission of the Hopkins-Nanjing Center p. 247 / Vivian Ling and Cornelius C. Kubler

9 Memories of cultivating the field p. 255

9.1 我從事對外漢語教學的心路歷程 My life's journey in teaching Chinese as a foreign language p. 256 / Ma sheng Jing-Heng

9.2 Accidental Sinologue p. 265 / Timothy Light

9.3 一个美国的中文老师是怎样炼成的? How I was moulded into a Chinese language teacher in the U.S. p. 274 / Xie Tianwei

9.4 My never-ending education 活到老、學到老 p. 281 / Zhang Zheng-Sheng

9.5 我的对外汉语教学之路 My path in teaching Chinese as a foreign language p. 290 / Zhang Hesheng

9.6 My chameleon approach to classical Chinese p. 294 / Vivian Ling

10 Have Chinese, will travel! p. 303

10.1 A journey of a thousand miles begins with the first step 千里之行,始於足下 p. 304 / Albert E. Dien

10.2 Chinese in my foreign service career p. 313 / William J. Cunningham

10.3 Learning Chinese language and culture in Taiwan in the early days, a trilogy p. 332 / Irwin J. Schulman and Donald J. Munro and Paul A. Cohen

10.4 Learning Chinese shaped my career: from student to laoban p. 343 / William M. Speidel

10.5 My serendipitous Chinese journey p. 350 / Paul S. Ropp

10.6 Heady days straddling the Taiwan Strait p. 362 / Thomas B. Gold

10.7 Chinese language and law p. 370 / Lester Ross

10.8 Classroom, immersion, and occupation: forty years of learning Chinese language, society, and politics p. 375 / David L. Wank

10.9 My Chinese alter ego, or what's in a name? p. 384 / Andrew David Field

11 Influential figures and unsung heroes in our time p. 390

11.1 美国汉语教学史上的赵元任 Chao Yuen Ren in the history of Chinese language education in America p. 391 / Chou Chih-Ping

11.2 Two cultures, two careers: the life of Harold Shadick (1902-1993) p. 402 / Mei Tsu-Lin

11.3 走出逆境、为中文教学界创业:纪念德范克 (1911-2009) Commemorating John DeFrancis: surmounting obstacles to break new paths in Chinese language education p. 411 / Chen Dongdong

11.4 祖炳民: 美国中文教学事业的垦荒者 John B. Tsu (1924-2005): empowering and professionalizing Chinese language education in America p. 416 / Chen Dongdong

11.5 回忆恩师赵如兰 Remembering my beloved teacher Iris Chao Pian p. 421 / Perry Link

11.6 He took the road less travelled by historians: the story of T.T. Ch'en p. 424 / Perry Link

11.7 King of the LCTL elves: A. Ronald Walton (1943-1996) p. 431 / Scott McGinnis

11.8 我所認識的楊覺勇教授 Prof. John Young as I knew him p. 436 / George C. C. Chao

11.9 Tribute and lessons learned from a great teacher: C.P. Sobelman: C.P. Sobelman p. 439 / Richard E. Strassberg and Simon Chan

11.10 Life lessons learned from Prof. George C. C. Chao p. 443 / Daniel M. Jacobs.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

9781138502017

1138502014

9781138502024

1138502022

1315144662

9781315144665

OCLC:

1003854908