Language, Culture and Identity in Two Chinese Community Schools : : More than One Way of Being Chinese? / / Sara Ganassin.

This book investigates the social, political and educational role of community language education in migratory contexts. It draws on an ethnographic study that investigates the significance of Mandarin-Chinese community schooling in Britain as an intercultural space for those involved. To understand...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Plus PP Package 2020 Part 2
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Place / Publishing House:Bristol ;, Blue Ridge Summit : : Multilingual Matters, , [2020]
©2020
Year of Publication:2020
Language:English
Series:Languages for Intercultural Communication and Education
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Figures
  • Acknowledgements
  • Preface
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Constructing the Term ‘Chinese’
  • 3 Research Design
  • 4 Chinese Community Schools: ‘Spaces for People to Come Together and Learn from Each Other’
  • 5 One of Many Chinese Heritage Languages: ‘I Can’t Speak Mandarin but when I Speak Cantonese People Think that I am Local’
  • 6 Teaching ‘Real’ Chinese Culture: The Fable of the Frog at the Bottom of the Well
  • 7 Fluidity and Complexity in Pupils’ Chinese Identities: ‘I am Happy to be Chinese’
  • 8 Conclusions
  • Appendices
  • References
  • Index