Teaching Chinese as an International Language: A Singapore Perspective (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781107660809)

Bilingual and bicultural scholar Yeng-Seng Goh offers the first in-depth English language analysis of global Chinese, exploring the spread of Chinese beyond China and its emergence as a global language. Approaching the topic from a Singapore perspective, Goh uses this fascinating language ecosystem, with its unique bilingual language policy, as a case study for Chinese language learning. Offering clear insights into the pedagogy of teaching Chinese as an international language (TCIL), this book covers a range of important topics, such as the use of English in the teaching of Chinese, the teaching of Chinese by non-native teachers, information and communications technology in L2 learning and teaching, and the progressive testing of receptive skills. In doing so, it presents a new, integrative approach to the compilation of Chinese learner's dictionaries, an innovative bilingual hybrid model for training TCIL teachers, and a solid theoretical framework for Masters of Arts programmes in TCIL.

Author: Yeng-Seng Goh
ISBN-10: 1107660807
ISBN-13: 9781107660809
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 04/02/2020
Pages: 229
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.69lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.48d