China and English
Subtitle: globalisation and the dilemmas of identity
By: edited by Joseph Lo Bianco, Jane Orton and Gao Yihong.
Contributors: Lo Bianco, Joseph.; Orton, Jane.; Yihong, Gao.
Series: Critical language and literacy studies
Publisher: Multilingual Matters
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Buffalo
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781847692290; 9781847692283; 9781847692306
Subjects: English language -- Social aspects -- China; English language -- Study and teaching -- China; English language -- Globalization; Language and culture -- China
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Western dreams, Chinese quests: habitus and encounter. Intercultural encounters and deep cultural beliefs / Joseph Lo Bianco; title: Sociocultural contests and English in China: retaining and reforming the cultural habitus / Gao Yihong; title: English and the Chinese quest / Jane Orton; title: learners, identities, purposes. Language and identity: state of the art and a debate of legitimacy / Gao Yihong; title: Beautiful English vs. the multilingual self / Li Zhanzi; title: "Just a tool": the role of English in the curriculum / Jane Orton; title: The more I learned, the less I found my self / Bian Yongwei; title: Landscapes and mindscapes. Language, ethnicity and identity in China / Zhou Qingsheng; title: Ethnic minorities, bilingual education and globalization / Xu Hongshen; title: English at home in China: how far does the the bond extend? / Joseph Lo Bianco; title: Motivational force imagined community in crazy English / Li Jingyan; title: Understanding ourselves through "teacher man" / Li Zhanzi; title: Narratives. Negotiated (non-)participation of "unsuccessful" learners / Li Yuxia; title: Teachers' identities in personal narratives / Liu Yi; title: English for China in the world. East goes West / Jane Orton; title: Being Chinese, speaking English / Joseph Lo Bianco.