Learning Chinese in Diasporic Communities

Abstract

1. Preface 2. Contributors 3. List of figures 4. List of tables 5. Introduction (by Curdt-Christiansen, Xiao Lan) 6. Part I. Family socialization patterns in language learning and literacy practices 7. Chapter 1. Language socialization into Chinese language and Chineseness in diaspora communities (by Duff, Patricia A.) 8. Chapter 2. Family language policy: Is learning Chinese at odds with learning English? (by Curdt-Christiansen, Xiao Lan) 9. Part II. Complementary/heritage Chinese schools in diasporas 10. Chapter 3. Chinese complementary schools in Scotland and the Continua of Biliteracy (by Hancock, Andy) 11. Chapter 4. Chinese heritage language schools in the United States (by Lu, Chan) 12. Chapter 5. Learning and teaching Chinese in the Netherlands: The metapragmatics of a polycentric language (by Li, Jinling) 13. Chapter 6. Language and literacy teaching, learning and socialization in the Chinese complementary school classroom (by Wei, Li) 14. Part III. Bilingual Chinese educational models 15. Chapter 7. Chinese Education in Malaysia: Past and Present (by Xiaomei, Wang) 16. Chapter 8. Conflicting goals of language-in-education planning in Singapore: Chinese character ( hanzi) education as a case (by Zhao, Shouhui) 17. Chapter 9. Chinese language teaching in Australia (by Chen, Shen) 18. Part IV. Chinese language, culture and identity 19. Chapter 10. Speaking of identity?: British-Chinese young people's perspectives on language and ethnic identity (by Francis, Becky) 20. Chapter 11. Chinese language learning by adolescents and young adults in the Chinese diaspora: Motivation, ethnicity, and identity (by Li, Duanduan) 21. Index