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Direct linkYuan Sang; Abbas H. Al-Shammari; Ali H. Al-Hoorie – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2025
As China is building closer economic and geopolitical relations with oil-rich Arabian Gulf Cooperation Council countries, enthusiasm for learning and teaching Chinese is surging in the region. In Kuwait, whereas Chinese as a foreign language (CFL) education is emerging, research into this topical domain remains scarce, particularly on issues such…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Chinese, Second Language Instruction, College Administration
Sara Hillman; Jian Zhao – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2025
Over the past two decades, the Chinese language has emerged as a global language. Gulf Cooperation Council countries, such as Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates, have integrated Chinese language into their educational systems and established Confucius Institutes to promote Chinese language and culture. In Qatar, interest in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Chinese, Second Language Instruction, Educational Policy
Lifeng Miao; Luxin Yang – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2024
Informed by translingual practice [Canagarajah, S. 2013a. "Translingual Practice: Global Englishes and Cosmopolitan Relations." New York: Routledge] and poststructuralist conceptualisation of identity [Norton, B. 2000. "Identity and Language Learning: Gender, Ethnicity and Educational Change." "TESOL Quarterly" 35…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Self Concept, English (Second Language), Language Proficiency
