This study was designed primarily to investigate the impact of school-based curriculum development teams on teacher development within the tradition of school-based curriculum development. The results are expected to provide valuable insights for teachers, school management and policy making. Teacher interviews in a primary school in Hong Kong…

This study aims to highlight aspects of difficulty encountered by Chinese as a Foreign Language (CFL) learners and to explore the factors underlying these aspects. Data were gathered through a Chinese Language Learning Difficulty Survey from 164 CFL learners, mostly in British higher education. The survey data provided useful exploratory findings.…

This study aims to create a blended learning environment, based on the concept of competency-based training, in a Chinese as a Foreign Language (CFL) classroom at an American university. Drupal platform and web 2.0 tools were used as supplements to traditional face-to-face classroom instruction. Students completed various selective tasks and…

This study examines the language experiences of two distinct Chinese immigrant groups in the U.S.: a Mandarin-speaking group and a Fujianese-speaking group across two generations. The different language trajectories of the parents' generation, along with their social class and different settlement patterns in the U.S., shaped the second-generation…

In this resource book prepared for teachers of Chinese bilingual, bicultural education programs, traditional Chinese stories, myths, songs, rhymes, recipes, poems, riddles and games are included. All entries are written in both English and Chinese. Art projects to accompany some of the stories or to celebrate certain festivals of the Chinese year…

A reexamination of the Chinese Language Schools which have been in operation in the United States since 1886. (MB)

THIS TWO-VOLUME TEXT IS A SEQUEL TO "BEGINNING CHINESE READER" AND IS CLOSELY CORRELATED WITH "BEGINNING CHINESE" AND "ADVANCED CHINESE," ALL BY THE SAME AUTHOR. INTRODUCED IN THE 30 LESSONS ARE 400 NEW CHARACTERS, 2,500 COMPOUNDS, AND ABOUT 200,000 CHARACTERS OF RUNNING TEXT. THE CHARACTERS ARE INTRODUCED THROUGH A…

Impressions of a National Education Association-sponsored trip to China to learn about the Chinese system of education. Some dramatic changes in science education are in China's future. (BB)

This article presents some alternative formulae for Chinese-Western conversion of dates. (CHK)

This is a general compilation of textbooks, activity books, trade books, and reference materials suitable for teaching about China. A portion of the listings are briefly annotated and some include information about grade level. (JDH)

Higher education in China does not mean an escape from the life of the laboring classes. Rather, its purpose is to permit one to better serve the people by becoming acquainted with organized theoretical and practical knowledge relevant to the job he has been doing. (BL)

Discusses factors that make the language spoken in San Francisco's Chinatown so dynamic and, at times, inconsistent. Provides a glossary that includes transliterated and partially transliterated terms, translated terms, new terms, and special San Francisco terms. (Author/GC)

Published research suggests that literature should transmit ethnic and societal values as well as reassure one's own confidence and self-respect. This study provides a model for examining Asian-American children's and adolescent literature critically from the perspective of identity issues. It examines fifteen award-winning Asian-American…

This paper draws on the recently theorised notions of space and scale in sociolinguistics to investigate the complexity and micro-variation of the Chinese language in the context of mass internal migration, and the way in which sociolinguistic processes shed light on the construction of migrant identities. In spite of the enormously rich diversity…

This article explores the rhetoric of the four official languages (English, Mandarin, Malay and Tamil) in Singapore and the domestic aversion towards Chinese "dialects" and colloquial "Singlish". The "Speak Mandarin Campaign" alongside the "Speak Good English Movement" represent a display of intercultural…