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Explorations into Chinese as a Second Language

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Editors:
  1. Istvan Kecskes

    1. School of Education, ED 114, State University of New York, Albany, USA

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  • Presents research that will help both researchers and practitioners better understand the acquisition, development and use of Chinese as a Second Language and its learners
  • Brings together theory and practice by focusing on theory-building based on practice or theory application in practice
  • Offers contributions from an international group of scholars, which reflects the increasing importance of Chinese as a world language

Part of the book series: Educational Linguistics (EDUL, volume 31)

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvi
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  3. Explorations into the Learning of Chinese as a Second Language

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 109-109
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    2. Construing CSL Writing as Meaning-Making: A Genre-Based Approach

      • Fei-Wen Cheng
      Pages 111-139

    3. Learners’ and Teachers’ Beliefs About Learning Tones and Pinyin

      • Juan Yang, Jane Medwell
      Pages 141-163

    4. Toward a Corpus of Chinese Classroom Teacher Language

      • Xia Cui
      Pages 165-182

    5. Difficulties and Expectations of First Level Chinese Second Language Learners

      • Gloria Gabbianelli, Agnese Formica
      Pages 183-206

    6. Expressing Necessity in Chinese: A Pilot Study

      • Shu-Yi Eagle
      Pages 207-219

  4. Back Matter

    Pages 221-224
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About this book

This volume explores how linguistic research can support the teaching and learning of Chinese as a second language. It responds to a rapidly growing interest in the Chinese language all over the world, and answers the need for a strong research background for the discipline. Without that, Chinese language learning remains only a unique experience and/or a useful education challenge.

The first section explores crucial issues about the structure and use of Chinese as a Second Language such as word-order, noun-noun compounds, meaning-making in writing, pronunciation and stress and tone. The second section explores the learning of Chinese by seeking answer to questions about difficulties, expectations, beliefs, use of corpus and learning how to express necessity.

The authors coming from eight different countries demonstrate how existing knowledge has been generated, bring together different lines of research, point out tendencies in the field, demonstrate and explain what tools and methods researchers can use to address major issues in the field, and give direction to what future research should focus on.




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“The book is a remarkable resource which represents a comprehensive account of issues in the acquisition, use, teaching, and development of Chinese as a second language. … the book serves as a valuable resource, not only for second language researchers, especially those of CSL, but also for teachers, educators, and curriculum developers looking to learn and understand more about second language theories and methods for practically applying them in the field of Chinese as a second language.” (Zhiqi Gong, Chinese Language and Discourse, Vol. 8 (2), 2017)

Editors and Affiliations

  • School of Education, ED 114, State University of New York, Albany, USA

    Istvan Kecskes

About the editor

ISTVAN KECSKES is Distinguished Professor of the State University of New York System, USA. He is the President of the American Pragmatics Association (AMPRA) and the CASLAR (Chinese as a Second Language Research) Association. Dr. Kecskes’ is the founding editor of the journal Intercultural Pragmatics, a book series in Pragmatics as well as the bilingual (Chinese-English) journal CASLAR.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Explorations into Chinese as a Second Language

  • Editors: Istvan Kecskes

  • Series Title: Educational Linguistics

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-54027-6

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG 2017

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-54026-9Published: 06 July 2017

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-85300-0Published: 12 August 2018

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-54027-6Published: 23 June 2017

  • Series ISSN: 1572-0292

  • Series E-ISSN: 2215-1656

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVI, 224

  • Number of Illustrations: 36 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Language Education, Applied Linguistics, Phonology and Phonetics, Higher Education, Chinese

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