English Language Education Across Greater China / / ed. by Anwei Feng.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter MultiLingual Matters Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2013
• MitwirkendeR: Adamson, Bob,; Blachford, Dongyan Ru,; Chen, Irene Wen-ling,; Cheng, Xiaotang,; Crystal, David,; Feng, Anwei,; Gil, Jeffrey,; Hsieh, Jessie Ju-Chen,; Huang, Binlan,; Huang, Xiaodan,; Jones, Marion,; Li, David C.S.,; Qiang, Haiyan,; Siegel, Linda,; Sunuodula, Mamtimyn,; Trube, Barbara,; Tupas, T. Ruanni F.,; Wang, Jinjun,; Young, Ming Yee Carissa,; Zhang, Shaolin,; Zhang, Yuefeng,; Zou, Weicheng,
• HerausgeberIn: Feng, Anwei,
• Place / Publishing House: Bristol ;, Blue Ridge Summit : : Multilingual Matters, , [2011]; ©2011
• Year of Publication: 2011
• Language: English
• Series: Bilingual Education & Bilingualism
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (264 p.)

This volume is the first to offer a comprehensive and, at the same time, in-depth examination of the spread of English and English language education across Greater China. It consists of two parts. Part 1 presents rich sociolinguistic data for easy comparisons between mainland China, Singapore, Taiw...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Contents
• Contributors
• Foreword
• Chapter 1. Introduction: The Apex of ‘the Third Wave’ – English Language across Greater China
• Part 1: Sociolinguistic Profiles of Countries and Regions across Greater China
• Chapter 2. The English Language in Mainland China: A Sociolinguistic Profile
• Chapter 3. English-knowing Bilingualism in Singapore: Economic Pragmatism, Ethnic Relations and Class
• Chapter 4. English Language in Taiwan: An Examination of its Use in Society and Education in Schools
• Chapter 5. Improving the Standards and Promoting the Use of English in Hong Kong: Issues, Problems and Prospects
• Chapter 6. English Use and Education in Macao
• Part 2: Convergence and Divergence of English Language Use and Education in Different Regions in Mainland China
• Chapter 7. The ‘English Curriculum Standards’ in China: Rationales and Issues
• Chapter 8. Primary School English Language Teaching in South China: Past, Present and Future
• Chapter 9. English Immersion in Mainland China
• Chapter 10. Family Background and English Learning at Compulsory Stage in Shanghai
• Chapter 11. Economic Development and the Growing Importance of the English Language in Guangxi
• Chapter 12. Trilingual Education Policy Ideals and Realities for the Naxi in Rural Yunnan
• Chapter 13. Learning English as a Third Language by Uyghur Students in Xinjiang: A Blessing in Disguise?
• Index