English language education across greater China
By: edited by Anwei Feng
Series: Bilingual education & bilingualism -- 80; Bilingual education and bilingualism -- 80.
Publisher: Multilingal Matters
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Bristol, UK; Tonawanda, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 286
ISBN-13: 9781847693501; 9781847693495; 9781847693518
Subjects: Foreign speakers; Study and teaching; Bilingualism; English language; Language acquisition
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: The apex of the 'third wave': English language across greater China / Anwei Feng; title: pt. 1. Sociolinguistic profiles of countries and regions across greater China; title: The English language in mainland China: a sociolinguistic profile / Jeffrey Gil and Bob Adamson; title: English-knowing bilingualism in Singapore: economic pragmatism, ethnic relations and class / T.Ruanni F. Tupas; title: English language in Taiwan: an examination of its use in society and education in schools / Irene Wen-ling Chen and Jessie Ju-Chen Hsieh; title: Improving the standards and promoting the use of English in Hong Kong: issues, problems and prospects / David C.S. Li; title: English use and education in Macao / Ming Yee Carissa Young; title: pt. 2. Convergence and divergence of English language use and education in different regions in Mainland China; title: The 'English curriculum standards' in China: rationales and issues / Xiaotang Cheng; title: Primary school English language teaching in South China: past, present and future / Yuefeng Zhang and Jinjun Wang; title: English immersion in mainland China / Haiyan Qiang ... [et al.]; title: Family background and English learning at compulsory stage in Shanghai / Weicheng Zou and Shaolin Zhang; title: Economic development and the growing importance of the English language in Guangxi / Binlan Huang; title: Trilingual education policy ideals and realities for the Naxi in Yunnan / Dongyan Ru Blachford and Marion Jones; title: Learning English as third language by Uyghur students in Xinjiang: a blessing in disguise? / Mamtimyn Sunuodula and Anwei Feng.