Learning English And Chinese As Foreign Languages

Learning English and Chinese is becoming increasingly important to the prospects of young people. This book compares English as a Foreign Language teaching in Taiwan with Chinese as a Foreign Language education in England in order to highlight how classroom activities are embedded within multiple settings, including ethnic or other social group cultures, family and community resources and school visions or goals. The book illustrates how in Taiwan different ethnic groups recognise, access and value English language learning to varying extents. Its findings illuminate why some ethnic groups are highly motivated to learn English and are able to gain privileged economic positions in the job market. In England, access to Chinese is marked by social class, and the book argues that this could augment an ‘educational apartheid’ that already exists in language teaching in secondary schools, thereby exacerbating existing inequality.

This book provides a research-based account of how to teach and learn Chinese as a foreign language. In addition to the discussion of relevant second/foreign language research, this volume gives detailed information on ways to develop a pedagogical modelthat is uniquely suited to teaching Chinese in five key areas: pronunciation (tones and pinyin), characters and words, sentences (when and why different sentence structures are used), discourse and pragmatic competence (coherence and genre), and cultural competence. Specially written for Chinese language teachers, student teachers and applied linguists, this is the first book written in English that systematically addresses all major aspects involved in teaching and learning Chinese as a foreign language. This book covers all the fundamental grammar elements in Chinese, explains their functions in discourse and communication, and explores different strategies for teaching and engaging students in learning the language.

This book offers insight into the spread and impact of English language education in China within China’s broader educational, social, economic and political changes. The author's critical perspective informs readers on the connections between language education and political ideologies in the context of globalizing China. The discussion of the implications concerning language education is of interest for current and future language policy makers, language educators and learners. Including both diachronic and synchronic accounts or China’s language education policy, this volume highlights how China as a modern nation-state has been seeking a more central position globally, and the role that English education and the promotion of such education played in that effort in recent decades.

This is an honest book about effective foreign language learning methods in practice, unlike the many advertisements out there where the theories sound good, but you don't know how to apply them I have been living and working in Singapore for more than 10 years. I, like you, used to scratch my head because I didn't know how to learn English effectively. However during my high school years, I found the right method to self-learn English, and made remarkable improvements in a short amount of time. Then, during my second year in university, I became the sole recipient of the Singapore Government Scholarship in Northern Vietnam in 2013. I later applied the same method to self-learn Chinese, which proved to be even more effective. This motivated me to write this book, to share with you the methods that I have applied very successfully; with the hope that you will also be able to conquer the foreign language of your choice, and unlock lifechanging opportunities from there. I will share with you ALL the tips and tricks I have applied to conquering English and Chinese, there will be no holding back. So don't hesitate any longer, ACT NOW, and reap success sooner than you ever expected. Đây là một cuốn sách rất chân thật về việc học ngoại ngữ hiệu quả ngoài thực tế, dựa trên quá trình tự học của chính bản thân mình; không giống như những quảng cáo ngoài kia, lý thuyết thì hay đấy nhưng chúng ta không biết áp dụng như thế nào.​ Mình đang sinh sống và làm việc tại Singapore đã được hơn 10 năm. Mình cũng giống như bạn, trước kia cũng đã từng vò đầu bứt tai mãi vì không biết học Tiếng Anh như thế nào cho hiệu quả. Nhưng, bằng việc tự tìm ra cách học phù hợp, mình đã tiến bộ vượt bậc rất nhanh; rồi mình đạt suất học bổng toàn phần của Chính phủ Singapore năm 2013. Sau này, mình áp dụng phương pháp trên vào tiếng Trung thì càng thấy hiệu quả gấp bội. ​ Chính điều đó đã thôi thúc mình viết ra cuốn sách này, để chia sẻ với bạn phương pháp tự học ngoại ngữ mà mình đã áp dụng rất thành công, với mong muốn rằng bạn cũng sẽ như mình, chinh phục được ngoại ngữ mà bạn thích và có những cơ hội đổi đời từ đó. ​ ​Bao nhiêu vốn liếng, kinh nghiệm mình sẽ chia sẻ hết với bạn, không giữ lại gì cả.​ Bạn đừng chần chừ gì nữa, mà hãy HÀNH ĐỘNG NGAY, và gặt hái thảnh công sớm hơn bạn từng mong đợi.​

Cutting-edge in its approach and international in its authorship, this fourth monograph in a series sponsored by the Chinese Language Teachers Association features eight research studies that explore a variety of themes, topics, and perspectives important to a variety of stakeholders in the Chinese language learning community. Employing a wide range of research methodologies, the volume provides data from actual Chinese language learners and will be of value to both theoreticians and practitioners alike. [in English & Chinese]

Written in an extended dictionary format, the Manual for Teaching and Learning Chinese as a Foreign Language aims to cover all key terms related to teaching Chinese as a foreign language. Each section contains an introduction with language-specific information, and identifies students and teachers’ common questions, including the capacity of Chinese as a morphologically unmarked language to indicate categories such as tense and mood. Many entries listed in this manual come with an explanation, a commentary, and rich examples. The Manual for Teaching and Learning Chinese as a Foreign Language appeals to both Chinese as a foreign language (CFL) teachers and students, as well as being the ideal reference for researchers conducting comparative studies of the Chinese and English languages.

This book is a compilation of information about modern resources available to foreign language students. The purpose of this book is to help the reader to correctly select instructional materials and organize independent study of a foreign language. This edition contains recommendations for the use of both traditional methods as well as the latest multimedia technologies. The book gives great attention to vocabulary development - how to correctly study, review, and systematize foreign words. This book will help you determine the main goals and exercises associated with mastering a foreign language. These goals are always there. They simply need to be stated, analyzed, and ordered. In general, systemization and order are two of the main factors in mastering anything new, including foreign languages. When you understand what you want to achieve you will find it much easier to choose a path that will lead to success. Topical dictionary section. This book contains an English-Chinese theme-based dictionary with 1,500 frequently used words that will help you develop basic vocabulary. The dictionary's content is organized by topic. The material is presented in three columns: source word, translation, and transcription. Each topic consists of 50 words grouped into small blocks. You can treat this dictionary as a model for creating your own unified word database. We're confident that this book will help you develop your own effective learning system and give you another boost in this useful and fascinating exercise - learning a foreign language

Learning Chinese Language and Culture is an intermediate level textbook, which was intended to be used throughout the entire school year and designed mainly for students who have completed introductory courses of Chinese as a foreign language. Written in English, Traditional and Simplified Chinese, this book illustrates Chinese language knowledge and introduces Chinese culture in twentytwo lessons, covering a variety of cultural content, including customs and manners, holidays and festivals, poems and idioms, calligraphy and couplets, myths and legends, feng shui and superstitions, and historical relics and sceneries and many others. In every lesson, the authors have strived to maintain a clear topic and a coherent structure. They have also endeavored to keep the contents lively and achieve a fluent writing style while closely controlling the structure and grammar of every lesson.