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Interculturality in Chinese Language Education

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Editors:
  1. Tinghe Jin

    1. UCL - University College London , London, United Kingdom

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  2. Fred Dervin

    1. Department of Teacher Education, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland

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  • Presents studies from around the world that promote cultural awareness in Chinese language education
  • Addresses critically stereotypes and unhelpful representations, and hidden ideologies within Chinese language education
  • Discusses interculturality in relation to the Chinese language, by examining what is offered within Chinese Studies courses in British universities

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. Identifying and Contextualising the Key Issues

    • Tinghe Jin, Fred Dervin
    Pages 1-22

  3. Bringing Interculturality into the Chinese-as-a-Foreign-Language Classroom

    • Jiayi Wang
    Pages 23-40

  4. Developing Intercultural Competence Through Study Abroad Programmes in China: An Analysis of Student Experience at Two British Universities

    • Jiayi Wang, Zhiyan Guo
    Pages 41-61

  5. The Construction of Interculturality: A Study of Chinese as Heritage Language Teachers in Canada

    • Mengting Pan, Shujiao Wang
    Pages 63-87

  6. Becoming Professional: Exploring Identity Construction of Non-native CFL Teachers

    • Chun Zhang, Danping Wang
    Pages 89-106

  7. Chinese Community Schools in England as Intercultural Educational Spaces: Pupils’, Parents’ and Teachers’ Constructions of the Chinese Language

    • Sara Ganassin
    Pages 107-130

  8. Developing Intercultural Competence Through Cultural Activities in London Chinese Complementary Schools

    • Danlu Wang
    Pages 131-150

  9. Moving Between Diverse Cultural Contexts: How Important is Intercultural Learning to Chinese Heritage Language Learners?

    • Hui Ling Xu, Robyn Moloney
    Pages 151-176

  10. Commentary

    • Prue Holmes
    Pages 177-181

  11. Back Matter

    Pages 183-185
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About this book

This book calls for a change in the way interculturality is introduced in Chinese language education, while the demand for Chinese language teaching increases around the world. The concept of culture – as in the phrase ‘Chinese culture’ – has often been one of the main emphases of Chinese language education, providing students with facts about China and ‘recipes’ on how to meet Chinese people and how to behave like them. However, Chinese culture, like all cultures, does not constitute a closed system, but is constantly evolving and exchanging with other cultures.


This unique volume comprises studies from around the world that promote intercultural awareness, dialogue, and encounters in Chinese language education. Written in a clear and readable style, this book will appeal to a diverse readership, from practising and training teachers of Chinese, to researchers interested in language and intercultural education.

Reviews

“ICLE is an inspiring and mind-opening read for those who are interested in the complex and evolving field of Chinese language education. It definitely provides insights for Chinese language teachers on the cultural identities and intercultural awareness of their students and themselves with the ultimate goal of developing a more efficient cultural-related pedagogy.” (Ziyi Geng, Chinese as a Second Language, Vol. 53 (1), 2018)

Editors and Affiliations

  • UCL - University College London , London, United Kingdom

    Tinghe Jin

  • Department of Teacher Education, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland

    Fred Dervin

About the editors

Jin Tinghe is the founding president of the Chinese Educational Research Association in the UK. She was a Chinese language and literature teacher in China. She completed her PhD as a Centenary Scholar at UCL Institute of Education. Her research specialises in intercultural education, specifically in relation to the teaching and learning of Chinese. 


Fred Dervin is Professor of Multicultural Education at the University of Helsinki, Finland. He also holds other professorships in Australia, Canada, China, Luxembourg and Malaysia and has widely published on identity, interculturality and mobility/migration in different languages.

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