Trilingualism in Education in China: Models and Challenges
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Beschreibung
This book examines language policies and practices in schools in regions of China populated by indigenous minority groups. It focuses on models of trilingual education, i.e. education in the home language, Putonghua (Mandarin Chinese, the national language), and English (the main foreign language). Special attention is given to the study of the vitality of the minority home language in each region and issues relating to and the effects of the teaching and learning of the minority home language on minority students’ acquisition of Mandarin Chinese and English and on their school performance in general. The book also examines the case of Cantonese in Guangdong, where the local Chinese ‘dialect’ is strong but distant from the mainstream language, Putonghua. It takes a new approach to researching sociolinguistic phenomena, and presents a new methodology that emerged from studies of bi/trilingualism in European societies and was then tailored to the trilingual context in China. The methodology encompasses policy analysis and community language profiles, as well as school-based fieldwork, and provides rich data that facilitate multilevel analysis of policy-in-context.
This book examines language policies and practices in schools in regions of China populated by indigenous minority groups. It focuses on models of trilingual education, i.e. education in the home language, Putonghua (Mandarin Chinese, the national language), and English (the main foreign language). Special attention is given to the study of the vitality of the minority home language in each region and issues relating to and the effects of the teaching and learning of the minority home language on minority students’ acquisition of Mandarin Chinese and English and on their school performance in general. The book also examines the case of Cantonese in Guangdong, where the local Chinese ‘dialect’ is strong but distant from the mainstream language, Putonghua. It takes a new approach to researching sociolinguistic phenomena, and presents a new methodology that emerged from studies of bi/trilingualism in European societies and was then tailored to the trilingual context in China. The methodology encompasses policy analysis and community language profiles, as well as school-based fieldwork, and provides rich data that facilitate multilevel analysis of policy-in-context.
The first volume to offer a holistic understanding of the language diversity in China and its implications on education that affect a minority population of 100 million A unique resource for information on L1 (minority home language), L2 (Mandarin Chinese) and L3 (English) use and provision for indigenous minority groups in China and the social issues that go with them Uses a new methodology that encompasses policy analysis, community language profiles, as well as school-based fieldwork in order to provide rich data that facilitates multilevel analysis of policy-in-context Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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Anwei Feng
Themen in »Trilingualism in Education in China: Models and Challenges«
Education in Tibetan Schools in Qinghai Indigenous education L2 Mandarin and Chinese Language Education in Tibetan Schools in Qinghai Language policy Minority home language Mongolian Nationality Schools Trilingual Education in China Trilingual Education in China’s Korean Communities Trilingualism among the Dong Minority in Guizhou Province