English Language Education Across Greater China

by Feng, Anwei

• ISBN13: 9781847693501
• ISBN10: 1847693504
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2011-02-01
• Publisher: Multilingual Matters

Summary

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.

Author Biography

Dr Anwei Feng has teaching and research experience in tertiary institutions in many countries and regions including China, Hong Kong, Singapore as well as the UK. He is currently Reader in Education and directs Graduate Programmes in the School of Education at Bangor University, UK. His main research interests are in the areas of bi/trilingualism and bi/trilingual education and intercultural studies in education. His recent publications include Becoming Interculturally Competent through Education and Training (2009, with M. Byram and M. Fleming) and Bilingual Education in China: Practices, Policies and Concepts (2007). He also regularly publishes articles in these areas in peer-reviewed journals.

Table of Contents

Foreword - David Crystal

Chapter 1 – Introduction: The Apex of ‘the Third Wave' – English Language across Greater China - Anwei FENG

Part I – Sociolinguistic Profiles of Countries and Regions across Greater China

Chapter 2 – The English language in China: A sociolinguistic profile - Jeffrey GIL and Bob ADAMSON

Chapter 3 – English-knowing bilingualism in Singapore: Economic pragmatism, ethnic relations and class - T. Ruanni F. TUPAS

Chapter 4 – English language in Taiwan: An examination of its use in society and education in schools - Irene Wen-ling CHEN and Jessie Ju-Chen HSIEH

Chapter 5 – Improving the standards and promoting the use of English in Hong Kong: Issues, problems and prospects - David C.S. LI

Chapter 6 – English use and education in Macao - Ming Yee Carissa YOUNG

Part II – Convergence and Divergence of English Language Use and Education in Different Regions in Mainland China

Chapter 7 – The ‘English Curriculum Standards' in China: Rationales and issues - Xiaotang CHENG

Chapter 8 – Primary school English teaching in South China: Past, present and future - Yuefeng Zhang and Jinjun WANG

Chapter 9 – English immersion in China - Haiyan QIANG, Xiaodan HUANG, Linda SIEGEL and Barbara TRUBE

Chapter 10 – Family background and English learning at compulsory stage in Shanghai - Weicheng ZOU and Shaolin ZHANG

Chapter 11 – Economic development and the growing importance of the English language in Guangxi - Binlan HUANG

Chapter 12 – Trilingual education policy ideals and realities for the Naxi in Yunnan - Dongyan Ru BLACHFORD and Marion JONES

Chapter 13 – Learning English as L3 by Uyghur students in Xinjiang: A blessing in disguise? - Mamtimyn SUNUODULA and Anwei FENG