- 212 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
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About this book
Multilingual China explores the dynamics of multilingualism in one of the most multilingual countries in the world. This edited collection comprises frontline empirical research into a range of important issues that arise from the presence of 55 official ethnic minority groups, plus China's search to modernize and strengthen the nation's place in the world order.
Topics focus on the dynamics of national, ethnic minority and foreign languages in use, policy making and education, inside China and beyond. Micro-studies of language contact and variation are included, as are chapters dealing with multilingual media and linguistic landscapes. The book highlights tensions such as threats to the sustainability of weak languages and dialects, the role and status of foreign languages (especially English) and how Chinese can be presented as a viable regional or international language.
Multilingual China will appeal to academics and researchers working in multilingualism and multilingual education, as well as sinologists keen to examine the interplay of languages in this complex multilingual context.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half-Title Page
- Series Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- List of figures
- List of map
- List of tables
- List of contributors
- Series Editorās preface
- Acknowledgements
- 1 Introduction: Multilingualism in China
- 2 Putonghua in the context of multilingual China and the world
- 3 Multilingualism in urban China: The case of Guangzhou
- 4 Teaching Chinese as a second language to ethnic minority learners in Hong Kong
- 5 Language policies and linguistic ecology in Hong Kong and Macau
- 6 The linguistic ecology of multilingual education in minority areas of Guizhou
- 7 Examining the co-deployment of three languages for the Tujia, the Uyghur, and the Mongolian minority groups
- 8 The experiences of Tibetan nomadic children learning Chinese
- 9 Multi-model approaches in multilingual education for minorities in China
- 10 The attitudes of Yi university students in Sichuan to trilingual education
- 11 Towards an empowerment model for multilingual education at minzu universities in China
- 12 English language teacher training for minority-dominated regions in Xinjiang
- 13 Local knowledge instruction for young ethnic minority learners in Yunnan Province
- 14 The teaching of South and Southeast Asian languages in Yunnan Province
- 15 The promotion of foreign language education and services for the āBelt and Road Initiativeā
- 16 Foreign language education in ethnic Korean schools in China
- Index