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Representing Culture in Chinese as a Second Language Textbooks: A Critical Social Semiotic Approach
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Xiong, Tao; Peng, Yue – Language, Culture and Curriculum, 2021
This paper presents a comparative analysis investigating how cultural values are represented in two sets of widely used Chinese as a second language (CSL) textbooks published in mainland China (New Practical Chinese Reader, NPCR) and the US (Integrated Chinese, IC) respectively. Using an integrated critical social semiotic approach, we examined…
Descriptors: Semiotics, Chinese, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Cultural Representation in English Language Textbooks: A Comparison of Textbooks Used in Mainland China and Hong Kong
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Lee, Jackie F. K.; Li, Xinghong – Pedagogy, Culture and Society, 2020
The English language curricula in Hong Kong and mainland China place emphasis on 'culture learning'. This study seeks to examine cultural depictions in two series of primary English language textbooks published in mainland China and Hong Kong. The study adopted Kachru's three-circle model and Moran's 4P framework (referring to products, practices,…
Descriptors: Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries
The Construction of Different Educational Ideologies for Korean Students during the Japanese Colonial Era
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Kim, Hai suk – Cogent Education, 2021
This paper investigates the differentiated educational ideologies projected during the Japanese colonial era by comparing the Japanese language textbooks used by Korean and Japanese primary students at that time. By comparing the texts and images in "Kokugotokuhon" (Japanese language textbooks for Korean students) and…
Descriptors: Textbooks, Educational Philosophy, Foreign Policy, Content Analysis
The Great Bridge of China? Journalism Education Curriculum Trends Suggest More Research into the Capacity for International Mobility among Chinese Journalism Graduates
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Cokley, John; Jianlin, Wen; Yanling, Liu; Wenshuai, Xie – Journalism and Mass Communication Educator, 2019
Current curriculum trends in tertiary journalism and communication education in the People's Republic of China are investigated using information from the websites of the 2,198 Chinese universities that published course lists in December 2013. Of those, 439 offered journalism majors and this article samples 274 of those universities (12.5% of the…
Descriptors: Journalism Education, Graduates, Web Sites, Foreign Countries
The Internationalisation of Higher Education in Two Different Contexts: Catalan and Estonian Sociolinguistic Perspectives
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Soler-Carbonell, Josep; Gallego-Balsà, Lídia – Language, Culture and Curriculum, 2016
The topic of the internationalisation of academia has recently attracted attention from sociolinguists and language-policy scholars. In this paper, we compare two different universities from two contrasting contexts in Europe in order to find out more about their projected stance [Jaffe, A. (2009). Stance in a Corsican School: Institutional and…
Descriptors: International Education, Language Planning, Higher Education, Comparative Education
Teaching with Newspapers (Third Edition).
Gunn, Angus M. – 1982
Student materials, teaching suggestions, and resource lists for using newspapers in various content areas in elementary and junior high schools are presented. The first section provides an overview of a newspaper by having students identify items on the first page, reply to a "Dear Abby" letter, analyze a photograph, examine a ski…
Descriptors: Advertising, Art Education, Class Activities, Comparative Education