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Grounded in analysis of Chinese and international educational
concepts and classroom techniques currently used to teach Chinese
as a Second Language, and a thorough review of recent research in
the field, this volume identifies the learning challenges of the
language for native English speakers. Orton and Scrimgeour assess
the gap in knowledge and skills between learners' initial and
future proficiency levels as L2 Chinese speakers, map their needs
as learners towards achieving a high language proficiency, and set
out an informed, integrated teaching orientation and practice for
the Chinese classroom that responds to those needs. Chapters in the
volume address curriculum design, teaching diverse learners and
levels, the learning challenges of Chinese oral and literacy
skills, grammar and vocabulary, discourse development, cultural
understanding, and the affordances of a visit to China. Filled with
original and engaging teaching and learning tools and techniques,
this book is an essential and rich content resource for primary and
secondary teachers, and teacher candidates and educators in Chinese
as a Second Language education.
Grounded in analysis of Chinese and international educational
concepts and classroom techniques currently used to teach Chinese
as a Second Language, and a thorough review of recent research in
the field, this volume identifies the learning challenges of the
language for native English speakers. Orton and Scrimgeour assess
the gap in knowledge and skills between learners' initial and
future proficiency levels as L2 Chinese speakers, map their needs
as learners towards achieving a high language proficiency, and set
out an informed, integrated teaching orientation and practice for
the Chinese classroom that responds to those needs. Chapters in the
volume address curriculum design, teaching diverse learners and
levels, the learning challenges of Chinese oral and literacy
skills, grammar and vocabulary, discourse development, cultural
understanding, and the affordances of a visit to China. Filled with
original and engaging teaching and learning tools and techniques,
this book is an essential and rich content resource for primary and
secondary teachers, and teacher candidates and educators in Chinese
as a Second Language education.
It has been said there are more Chinese learning English than there
are Americans. We all have a sense that the first decades of the
third millennium, including the effects of the global financial
recession, signal dramatic changes to the shape of the world to
come. China's emergence as a superpower is one of the few
certainties in this rapidly changing world. What is less well
realised is the critical role which China's decisions about English
will play in the world's communication profile. This unique volume
explores this question looking at the debates on identity, cultural
values and communication practices. Taking a wide-ranging view and
uniquely blending both Chinese and Western perspectives the volume
explores the critically important cultural consequences of mass
English learning in today's world.
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