Chinese as a Heritage Language

by He, Agnes Weiyun; Xiao, Yun

• ISBN13: 9780824832865
• ISBN10: 0824832868
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-04-30
• Publisher: Natl Foreign Language Resource Ctr

Summary

"The authors examine the socio-cultural, cognitive-linguistic, and educational-institutional trajectories along which Chinese as a Heritage Language may be acquired, maintained and developed. It draws upon developmental psychology, functional linguistics, linguistic and cultural anthropology, discourse analysis, orthography analysis, reading research, second language acquisition, and bilingualism. This volume aims to lay a foundation for theories, models, and master scripts to be discussed, debated, and developed, and to stimulate research and enhance teaching both within and beyond Chinese language education."--BOOK JACKET.

Table of Contents

Foreword
Chinese as a Heritage Language: An Introduction	p. 1
Issues in Chinese Heritage Language Education and Research at the Postsecondary Level	p. 13
What Are the CHL Learners Inheriting? Habitus of the CHL Learners	p. 37
The Chinese Heritage Language Learners' Existing Linguistic Knowledge and Abilities	p. 53
Attitudes Toward Mandarin, Heritage Languages, and Dialect Diversity Among Chinese Immigrants and International Students in the United States	p. 67
Motivation and Achievement in Chinese Language Learning: A Comparative Analysis	p. 89
An Identity-Based Model for the Development of Chinese as a Heritage Language	p. 109
Effects of Print Input on Morphological Awareness Among Chinese Heritage Language Learners	p. 125
Literacy Development in Chinese as a Heritage Language	p. 137
Home Literacy Environment in CHL Development	p. 151
Developing a Chinese Heritage Language Corpus: Issues and a Preliminary Report	p. 167
Heritage Language Development, Maintenance, and Attrition Among Recent Chinese Immigrants in New York City	p. 189
The (Re)acquisition of Perfective Aspect Marking by Chinese Heritage Language Learners	p. 205
Code-Switching: Ideologies and Practices	p. 225
Placements and Re-Positionings: Tensions Around CHL Learning in a University Mandarin Program	p. 239
Charting the CHL Developmental Path	p. 259
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