Overview
- Examines the teaching of Chinese as a second or foreign language (TCSL or TCFL)
- Considers various the implementation of effective pedagogy applicable to Chinese classrooms for adult learners
- Conceptualizes the educational philosophy of TCSL/TCFL as a distinctive discipline.
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Table of contents (6 chapters)
Keywords
- Teaching of Chinese as a Second or Foreign Language
- Multimedia-assisted Teaching at Secondary Schools
- Students Concerns when Learning Academic Chinese
- Chinese Language Learning and Educational Assessment
- Chinese Language Learning and Psychology
- Immigrant Chinese Curriculum Design
- Educational Philosophy of TCSL/TCFL
- chinese
About this book
This book presents key issues in the teaching of Chinese as a second or foreign language (TCSL or TCFL). It investigates how multimedia can help to assist TCSL/TCFL and explores practical effects of multimedia-assisted teaching at secondary schools in the Philippines. It addresses the psychology of TCSL/TCFL and discusses various recurring foreign graduate students concerns when learning academic Chinese in graduate institutes in Taiwan. It examines issues of educational assessment and testing, analyzing the validity of a self-made placement test for an immigrant Chinese program, as well as the psychological characteristics of adult learners and their implications for immigrant Chinese curriculum design. As foreign learners of Chinese grow exponentially, this cutting edge read conceptualizes the educational philosophy of TCSL/TCFL as a distinctive discipline.
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Qiao Yu Cai is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Language and Literacy Education, National Taichung University of Education, Taiwan. His research interests are focused on teacher education, multimedia and TCSOL, educational testing and assessment in TCSOL, the psychology of learning Chinese as a second language, as well as multicultural education for immigrants.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Chinese as a Second and Foreign Language Education
Book Subtitle: Pedagogy and Psychology
Authors: Qiao Yu Cai
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-7443-1
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Singapore
eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-10-7442-4Published: 31 January 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-13-5636-0Published: 28 December 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-981-10-7443-1Published: 22 January 2018
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 127
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations, 24 illustrations in colour
Topics: Language Teaching, Sociology of Education, Chinese, Curriculum Studies, Language Education