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Trilingualism in Education in China: Models and Challenges

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Editors:
  1. Anwei Feng

    1. Faculty of Arts & Education, University of Nottingham Ningbo, China, Ningbo, China

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  2. Bob Adamson

    1. Dept. of Int'l Edu & Lifelong Learning, Hong Kong Institute of Education, Tai Po, Hong Kong SAR

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  • The first volume to offer a holistic understanding of the language diversity in China and its implications on education that affect a minority population of 100 million
  • A unique resource for information on L1 (minority home language), L2 (Mandarin Chinese) and L3 (English) use and provision for indigenous minority groups in China and the social issues that go with them
  • Uses a new methodology that encompasses policy analysis, community language profiles, as well as school-based fieldwork in order to provide rich data that facilitates multilevel analysis of policy-in-context
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Multilingual Education (MULT, volume 12)

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvii
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  2. Researching Trilingualism and Trilingual Education in China

    • Anwei Feng, Bob Adamson
    Pages 1-21

  3. Meng-Chao-Xin

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 23-24
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    2. Four Models of Mongolian Nationality Schools in the Inner Mongolian Autonomous Region

      • Fang Dong, Narisu, Yanhui Gou, Xinggang Wang, Jia Qiu
      Pages 25-45

    3. Trilingual Education in China’s Korean Communities

      • Zhen’ai Zhang, Liting Wen, Guanghe Li
      Pages 47-64

    4. Language Learning and Empowerment: Languages in Education for Uyghurs in Xinjiang

      • Mamtimyn Sunuodula, Yu Cao
      Pages 65-99

  5. Yun-Gui-Yue

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 173-174
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    2. A Survey Report on Trilingualism and Trilingual Education in Yunnan

      • Yichuan Yuan, Deying Hu, Peng Li, Honghua Zhu, Jinjun Wang, Yun Shang et al.
      Pages 175-198

    3. Emerging Trilingualism among the Dong Minority in Guizhou Province

      • Jacob E. Finifrock, Doerthe Schilken
      Pages 199-221

    4. Language Attitudes of Secondary School Students in Guangdong

      • Qiyun Zhu
      Pages 223-241

    5. Trilingualism in Education: Models and Challenges

      • Bob Adamson, Anwei Feng
      Pages 243-258
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About this book

This book examines language policies and practices in schools in regions of China populated by indigenous minority groups. It focuses on models of trilingual education, i.e. education in the home language, Putonghua (Mandarin Chinese, the national language), and English (the main foreign language). Special attention is given to the study of the vitality of the minority home language in each region and issues relating to and the effects of the teaching and learning of the minority home language on minority students’ acquisition of Mandarin Chinese and English and on their school performance in general. The book also examines the case of Cantonese in Guangdong, where the local Chinese ‘dialect’ is strong but distant from the mainstream language, Putonghua. It takes a new approach to researching sociolinguistic phenomena, and presents a new methodology that emerged from studies of bi/trilingualism in European societies and was then tailored to the trilingual context in China. The methodology encompasses policy analysis and community language profiles, as well as school-based fieldwork, and provides rich data that facilitate multilevel analysis of policy-in-context.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Faculty of Arts & Education, University of Nottingham Ningbo, China, Ningbo, China

    Anwei Feng

  • Dept. of Int'l Edu & Lifelong Learning, Hong Kong Institute of Education, Tai Po, Hong Kong SAR

    Bob Adamson

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Trilingualism in Education in China: Models and Challenges

  • Editors: Anwei Feng, Bob Adamson

  • Series Title: Multilingual Education

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-9352-0

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, Education (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2015

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-94-017-9351-3Published: 09 October 2014

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-024-0800-3Published: 11 September 2016

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-017-9352-0Published: 26 September 2014

  • Series ISSN: 2213-3208

  • Series E-ISSN: 2213-3216

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVII, 258

  • Number of Illustrations: 11 b/w illustrations, 5 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Language Education, Applied Linguistics

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