TY - BOOK
T1 - Localising Chinese: Educating Teachers Through Service-learning
AU - Singh, Michael
AU - Nguyen, Thi Hong Nhung
PY - 2018
Y1 - 2018
N2 - This book presents innovative strategies for teaching the Chinese language to English-speaking students around the world, using in-depth research arising from a long-running and successful Chinese language teaching programme in Sydney. Throughout the book its authors emphasise the importance of teaching methods which explore the relevance of Chinese to all aspects of students' everyday lives; 'Localising Chinese' by folding it into students' everyday sociolinguistic activities performed in English. The research presented here demonstrates how, through school-driven, research-oriented service-learning, university graduates from China learnt to use student-centred learning-focused language education as a basis for professional learning. In the context of China's growing influence in the global academic community, this book addresses the urgent need to promote effective communication and partnerships. It provides a valuable resource for language teachers and teacher educators, as well as education researchers in the areas of international education, linguistics, the sociology of education and knowledge exchange.
AB - This book presents innovative strategies for teaching the Chinese language to English-speaking students around the world, using in-depth research arising from a long-running and successful Chinese language teaching programme in Sydney. Throughout the book its authors emphasise the importance of teaching methods which explore the relevance of Chinese to all aspects of students' everyday lives; 'Localising Chinese' by folding it into students' everyday sociolinguistic activities performed in English. The research presented here demonstrates how, through school-driven, research-oriented service-learning, university graduates from China learnt to use student-centred learning-focused language education as a basis for professional learning. In the context of China's growing influence in the global academic community, this book addresses the urgent need to promote effective communication and partnerships. It provides a valuable resource for language teachers and teacher educators, as well as education researchers in the areas of international education, linguistics, the sociology of education and knowledge exchange.
KW - Chinese language
KW - international education
KW - language teachers
KW - service learning
KW - study and teaching
UR - http://handle.westernsydney.edu.au:8081/1959.7/uws:47183
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U2 - 10.1057/978-1-137-54282-3
DO - 10.1057/978-1-137-54282-3
M3 - Authored Book
SN - 9781137542816
BT - Localising Chinese: Educating Teachers Through Service-learning
PB - Palgrave Macmillan
CY - U.K.
ER -