Localising Chinese Educating Teachers through Service-Learning /

• Main Authors: Singh, Michael (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Nguyễn, Thị Hồng Nhung (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: Chinese language.; Language and languages-Study and teaching.; Educational sociology.; Educational sociology .; Education and sociology.; Child development.; Linguistics.; Chinese.; Language Teaching.; Sociology of Education.; Early Childhood Education.; Linguistics, general.

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 teac...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter 1: Against Chinese as a Foreign Language
• Chapter 2: Post-monolingual Education for English-speaking Learners of Chinese
• Chapter 3: Researching Professional Learning in Language Education
• Chapter 4: Research Oriented School Engaged Teacher Education
• Chapter 5: Learning How to Use Chinese as a Local Language
• Chapter 6: Standards-based Professional Learning for Emergent Teachers
• Chapter 7: Localising Chinese Language Education through International Service Learning
• Chapter 8: Teaching Students through Localising Chinese. .