English language education across greater China
Annotation This volume offers a comprehensive examination of the spread of English and English education across Greater China through sociolinguistic studies of Mainland China, Singapore, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Macau, and in-depth analysis of English language use and education in economically booming areas of Mainland China such as Shanghai and Guangdong and underdeveloped regions like Xinjiang
1 online resource (xii, 286 pages).
9781847693501, 9781847693495, 9781847693518, 9781847694966, 1847693504, 1847693490, 1847693512, 1847694969
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Introduction: The apex of the 'third wave': English language across greater China / Anwei Feng
pt. 1. Sociolinguistic profiles of countries and regions across greater China
The English language in mainland China: a sociolinguistic profile / Jeffrey Gil and Bob Adamson
English-knowing bilingualism in Singapore: economic pragmatism, ethnic relations and class / T.Ruanni F. Tupas
English language in Taiwan: an examination of its use in society and education in schools / Irene Wen-ling Chen and Jessie Ju-Chen Hsieh
Improving the standards and promoting the use of English in Hong Kong: issues, problems and prospects / David C.S. Li
English use and education in Macao / Ming Yee Carissa Young
pt. 2. Convergence and divergence of English language use and education in different regions in Mainland China
The 'English curriculum standards' in China: rationales and issues / Xiaotang Cheng
Primary school English language teaching in South China: past, present and future / Yuefeng Zhang and Jinjun Wang
English immersion in mainland China / Haiyan Qiang ... [et al.]
Family background and English learning at compulsory stage in Shanghai / Weicheng Zou and Shaolin Zhang
Economic development and the growing importance of the English language in Guangxi / Binlan Huang
Trilingual education policy ideals and realities for the Naxi in Yunnan / Dongyan Ru Blachford and Marion Jones
Learning English as third language by Uyghur students in Xinjiang: a blessing in disguise? / Mamtimyn Sunuodula and Anwei Feng