Learning Chinese, Turning Chinese: Challenges to Becoming Sinophone in a Globalised World (Asia's Transformations) - Softcover

McDonald, Edward

 
9780415559423: Learning Chinese, Turning Chinese: Challenges to Becoming Sinophone in a Globalised World (Asia's Transformations)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0415559421 ISBN 13: 9780415559423
Verlag: Routledge, 2011

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In this book Edward McDonald takes a fresh look at issues of language in Chinese studies. He takes the viewpoint of the university student of Chinese with the ultimate goal of becoming 'sinophone': that is, developing a fluency and facility at operating in Chinese-language contexts comparable to their own mother tongue. While the entry point for most potential sinophones is the Chinese language classroom, the kinds of "language" and "culture" on offer there are rarely questioned, and the links between the forms of the language and the situations in which they may be used are rarely drawn. The author's explorations of Chinese studies illustrate the crucial link between becoming sinophone and developing a sinophone identity - learning Chinese and turning Chinese. Including chapters on: relating text to context in learning Chinese the social and political contexts of language learning myths about Chinese characters language reform and nationalism in modern China critical discourse analysis of popular culture ethnicity and identity in language learning. This book will be invaluable for all Chinese language students and teachers, and those with an interest in Chinese linguistics, linguistic anthropology, critical discourse analysis, and language education. Edward McDonald is currently Lecturer in Chinese at the University of Auckland, and has taught Chinese language, music, linguistics and semiotics at universities in Australia, China, and Singapore.

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Verlag
Routledge
Erscheinungsdatum
2011
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0415559421
ISBN 13 
9780415559423
Einband
Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
264
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