Chinese Language Education in the United States

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xv

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2. Historical Overview of Chinese Language Education for Speakers of Other Languages in China and the United States

   • Wenxia Wang, Jiening Ruan

   Pages 1-28

3. Chinese Government Policies and Initiatives on the International Popularization of Chinese: An Economics of Language Perspective

   • Shuai Li, Jianqin Wang

   Pages 29-45

4. U.S. Policies and Initiatives for CFL Education

   • Jin’ai Sun, Roger Shouse

   Pages 47-62

5. Understanding Chinese as a Foreign Language from the Perspective of Second Language Acquisition

   • Jie Zhang

   Pages 63-82

6. Medium-of-Instruction Policy and Practices in CSL Classrooms

   • Danping Wang

   Pages 83-96

7. Technology in CFL Education

   • Yongan Wu

   Pages 97-122

8. Chinese as a Foreign Language in K-12 Education

   • Ke Peng

   Pages 123-140

9. CFL Education at the College Level

   • Yu Li, Zheng-sheng Zhang

   Pages 141-166

10. The Teaching of Chinese to Heritage Language Learners at the Post-Secondary Level

    • Xuehua Xiang

    Pages 167-194

11. Practice and Research on Chinese Language Learning in Study Abroad Contexts

    • Li Jin

    Pages 195-210

12. Chinese Language Teachers’ Pedagogical Adjustment and Classroom Management in Cross-Cultural Contexts

    • Wenying Zhou, Guofang Li

    Pages 211-230

13. CFL Teacher Preparation and Development

    • Michael E. Everson

    Pages 231-244

14. Back Matter

    Pages 245-250

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This book offers historical, philosophical, and sociocultural perspectives on Chinese language education for speakers of other languages with a special focus on Chinese language education in the United States. It provides a comprehensive, cross-disciplinary look at changes in CFL/CSL education over time in China and the U.S. and the philosophical, political and sociocultural influences that led to these changes. The essays address a wide array of topics related to Chinese language education, including:  
A historical overview of the field
Theories that apply to CFL/CSL learning
Policies and initiatives for CFL/CSL by the Chinese and U.S. governments
Medium of instruction
Curriculum and instruction for CFL/CSL learners at K-12 and college levels
Technology for CFL/CSL education
Chinese language learning for heritage learners
CFL in study abroad contexts
CFL teacher education and training

This work is essential reading forscholars and students interested in gaining a greater understanding of Chinese language education in the two countries and around the world.

• CFL education
• Chinese as a foreign language
• Chinese as a heritage language
• Chinese as second language
• Chinese language curriculum development
• Chinese language education
• Chinese language learners
• Chinese language learning
• Classroom management in cross-cultural contexts
• Pedagogy of Chinese as a second language
• Policy on Chinese as a second language
• Teacher preparation for Chinese as a foreign language
• U.S. policies and initiatives on CFL
• chinese

“The timely and insightful volume under review here – the first collection of its kind – offers original, cross-disciplinary and indepth discussions of a wide range of critical issues related to CLE in the United States and beyond, from pedagogical, historical, political, economic, linguistic and sociocultural perspectives. … It is a comprehensive and enlightening reference tool for teachers, scholars, policy-makers and students, and it suggests promising future research directions.” (Hong Diao, Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, tandfonline.com, August, 2017)

• University of Oklahoma, Norman, USA

  Jiening Ruan, Jie Zhang

• University of South Florida, St. Pe, SAINT PETERSBURG, USA

  Cynthia B. Leung

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