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The Routledge Handbook of Chinese Language Teaching defines Chinese language teaching in a pedagogical, historical, and contemporary context. Throughout the volume, teaching methods are discussed, including the traditional China-based approach, and Western methods such as communicative teaching and the immersion program.

The Handbook also presents a pedagogical model covering pronunciation, tones, characters, vocabulary, grammar, and the teaching of listening, speaking, reading, and writing. The remaining chapters explore topics of language assessment, technology enhanced instruction, teaching materials and resources, Chinese for specific purposes, classroom implementation, social contexts of language teaching and language teaching policies, and pragmatics and culture.

Ideal for scholars and researchers of Chinese language teaching, the Handbook will benefit educators and teacher training programs. This is the first comprehensive volume exploring t

Table of Contents

I. Overview

  2. Teaching Chinese as a first language in China: review and comparison

  3. Weixiao Wei

  4. From ‘Chinese to Foreigners’ to ‘Chinese International Education’: China’s efforts in promoting its language worldwide

  5. Chris Shei

  6. The Beginning of Chinese Professorship and Chinese Language Instruction in the United States: History and Implications

  7. Der-lin Chao

  8. Teaching Chinese as a heritage language

  9. Chang Pu

    II. Chinese language pedagogy

  10. Methods of teaching Chinese: evolution and emerging trends

  11. Haidan Wang

  12. Teaching Content, Developing Language in CLIL Chinese

  13. Jane Orton

  14. Creating a Task-Based Language Course in Mandarin Chinese

  15. Miao-fen Tseng

  16. Developing communicative competence in adult beginner learners of Chinese

  17. Clare Wright

    III. Teaching Chinese pronunciation and characters

  18. Some explicit linguistic knowledge for Chinese pronunciation teaching

  19. Bei Yang

  20. Teaching Chinese tones

  21. Hang Zhang

  22. Teaching Chinese intonation and rhythm

  23. Chunsheng Yang

  24. Teaching Chinese pronunciation: explanation, expectation, and implementation

  25. Jiang Liu

  26. Recognition of two forms of characters and teaching literary Chinese

  27. Joseph R. Allen

  28. Teaching Chinese characters: what we know and what we can do

  29. Bo Hu

  30. An analysis on models of teaching spoken Chinese as a foreign language

  31. Meiru Liu

    IV. Teaching Chinese words and grammar

  32. A usage-based approach to L2 grammar instruction delivered through the PACE model

  33. Hong Li and Jing Z. Paul

  34. Methods of lexical semantic inquiry in teaching advanced level vocabulary

  35. Shiao-Wei Tham

  36. Teaching Chinese adverbs

  37. Yan Li

  38. From cognitive linguistics to pedagogical grammar: On teaching the Chinese sentence-final le

  39. Liancheng Chief

    V. Materials and curricula

  40. Considerations in preparing pedagogical materials for adult native English-speaking learners of Chinese as a Second/Foreign Language

  41. Cornelius Kubler

  42. Intercultural Communicative Competence in CFL Language Curricula

  43. Madeline K. Spring

  44. Teaching Chinese through Authentic Audio-visual Media Materials

  45. Liling Huang and Amber Navarre

  46. Understanding tertiary Chinese language learners’ needs: A cross-curricular perspective

  47. Hui Huang

  48. Emotion, attitude and value in primary school Chinese textbooks

  49. Bo Wang, Yuanyi Ma & Isaac N. Mwinlaaru

  50. The Assessment of Chinese L2 Proficiency

  51. Paula Winke and Wenyue Melody Ma

    VI. Instructional media and resources

  52. Using social media to teach Chinese more effectively

  53. Ke Peng

  54. Teaching Chinese Through Film: Rationale, Practice, and Future Directions

  55. Yanhong Zhu

  56. Literature in Chinese Language Teaching

  57. Don Starr and Yunhan Hu

  58. Multimodal Pedagogy and Chinese Visual Arts in TCFL Classrooms

  59. Rugang Lu

  60. The Current Status of CALL for Chinese in the United States

  61. Zheng-Sheng Zhang

  62. Using technology to learn to speak Chinese

  63. Lijing Shi and Ursula Stickler

  64. Towards Automatic Identification of Chinese Collocation Errors

  65. Zhao-Ming Gao

  66. Business Chinese Instruction: Past, Present, and Future

  67. Fangyuan Yuan

    VII. Teaching context and policy

  68. Chinese Language Learning and Teaching in the UK

  69. George X Zhang and Linda M Li

  70. The Impact of Australian language policies on Chinese language teaching

  71. Shen Chen and Helena Sit

  72. Bi/Multilingual Education, Translation, and Social Mobility in Xinjiang, China

  73. Saihong Li

  74. Understanding how Chinese language education is used to promote citizenship education in China and Hong Kong

  75. TAM, Angela Choi-fung

  76. Teachers’ Bicultural Awareness in Chinese Culture Instruction

  77. Guangyan Chen and Ken Springer

  78. Crossing the river while feeling for stones: the education of a Chinese language teacher

Julian K. Wheatley

The Routledge Handbook of Chinese Language

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      Publisher: Taylor & Francis
      Publication Date: 8/20/2019 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9781138097940, 978-1138097940
      ISBN10: 1138097942
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      Description

      Book Synopsis

      The Routledge Handbook of Chinese Language Teaching defines Chinese language teaching in a pedagogical, historical, and contemporary context. Throughout the volume, teaching methods are discussed, including the traditional China-based approach, and Western methods such as communicative teaching and the immersion program.

      The Handbook also presents a pedagogical model covering pronunciation, tones, characters, vocabulary, grammar, and the teaching of listening, speaking, reading, and writing. The remaining chapters explore topics of language assessment, technology enhanced instruction, teaching materials and resources, Chinese for specific purposes, classroom implementation, social contexts of language teaching and language teaching policies, and pragmatics and culture.

      Ideal for scholars and researchers of Chinese language teaching, the Handbook will benefit educators and teacher training programs. This is the first comprehensive volume exploring t

      Table of Contents

      I. Overview

      2. Teaching Chinese as a first language in China: review and comparison

      3. Weixiao Wei

      4. From ‘Chinese to Foreigners’ to ‘Chinese International Education’: China’s efforts in promoting its language worldwide

      5. Chris Shei

      6. The Beginning of Chinese Professorship and Chinese Language Instruction in the United States: History and Implications

      7. Der-lin Chao

      8. Teaching Chinese as a heritage language

      9. Chang Pu

        II. Chinese language pedagogy

      10. Methods of teaching Chinese: evolution and emerging trends

      11. Haidan Wang

      12. Teaching Content, Developing Language in CLIL Chinese

      13. Jane Orton

      14. Creating a Task-Based Language Course in Mandarin Chinese

      15. Miao-fen Tseng

      16. Developing communicative competence in adult beginner learners of Chinese

      17. Clare Wright

        III. Teaching Chinese pronunciation and characters

      18. Some explicit linguistic knowledge for Chinese pronunciation teaching

      19. Bei Yang

      20. Teaching Chinese tones

      21. Hang Zhang

      22. Teaching Chinese intonation and rhythm

      23. Chunsheng Yang

      24. Teaching Chinese pronunciation: explanation, expectation, and implementation

      25. Jiang Liu

      26. Recognition of two forms of characters and teaching literary Chinese

      27. Joseph R. Allen

      28. Teaching Chinese characters: what we know and what we can do

      29. Bo Hu

      30. An analysis on models of teaching spoken Chinese as a foreign language

      31. Meiru Liu

        IV. Teaching Chinese words and grammar

      32. A usage-based approach to L2 grammar instruction delivered through the PACE model

      33. Hong Li and Jing Z. Paul

      34. Methods of lexical semantic inquiry in teaching advanced level vocabulary

      35. Shiao-Wei Tham

      36. Teaching Chinese adverbs

      37. Yan Li

      38. From cognitive linguistics to pedagogical grammar: On teaching the Chinese sentence-final le

      39. Liancheng Chief

        V. Materials and curricula

      40. Considerations in preparing pedagogical materials for adult native English-speaking learners of Chinese as a Second/Foreign Language

      41. Cornelius Kubler

      42. Intercultural Communicative Competence in CFL Language Curricula

      43. Madeline K. Spring

      44. Teaching Chinese through Authentic Audio-visual Media Materials

      45. Liling Huang and Amber Navarre

      46. Understanding tertiary Chinese language learners’ needs: A cross-curricular perspective

      47. Hui Huang

      48. Emotion, attitude and value in primary school Chinese textbooks

      49. Bo Wang, Yuanyi Ma & Isaac N. Mwinlaaru

      50. The Assessment of Chinese L2 Proficiency

      51. Paula Winke and Wenyue Melody Ma

        VI. Instructional media and resources

      52. Using social media to teach Chinese more effectively

      53. Ke Peng

      54. Teaching Chinese Through Film: Rationale, Practice, and Future Directions

      55. Yanhong Zhu

      56. Literature in Chinese Language Teaching

      57. Don Starr and Yunhan Hu

      58. Multimodal Pedagogy and Chinese Visual Arts in TCFL Classrooms

      59. Rugang Lu

      60. The Current Status of CALL for Chinese in the United States

      61. Zheng-Sheng Zhang

      62. Using technology to learn to speak Chinese

      63. Lijing Shi and Ursula Stickler

      64. Towards Automatic Identification of Chinese Collocation Errors

      65. Zhao-Ming Gao

      66. Business Chinese Instruction: Past, Present, and Future

      67. Fangyuan Yuan

        VII. Teaching context and policy

      68. Chinese Language Learning and Teaching in the UK

      69. George X Zhang and Linda M Li

      70. The Impact of Australian language policies on Chinese language teaching

      71. Shen Chen and Helena Sit

      72. Bi/Multilingual Education, Translation, and Social Mobility in Xinjiang, China

      73. Saihong Li

      74. Understanding how Chinese language education is used to promote citizenship education in China and Hong Kong

      75. TAM, Angela Choi-fung

      76. Teachers’ Bicultural Awareness in Chinese Culture Instruction

      77. Guangyan Chen and Ken Springer

      78. Crossing the river while feeling for stones: the education of a Chinese language teacher

      Julian K. Wheatley

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