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Soft Power and the Worldwide Promotion of Chinese Language Learning : The Confucius Institute Project / Jeffrey Gil.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Multilingual MattersPublisher: Bristol ; Blue Ridge Summit : Multilingual Matters, [2017]Copyright date: ©2017Description: 1 online resourceContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781783098057
  • 9781783098064
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 306.44/951
LOC classification:
  • PL1065 .G45 2017
  • PL1065
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Issued also in print.
Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Tables -- Conventions for Chinese Terms and Chinese Names -- Acknowledgements -- 1. Introduction: Language, Culture and China's Rise in a Globalising World -- 2. Chinese Culture Goes Global: Soft Power and the Promotion of Chinese Language Learning -- 3. Mapping the Confucius Institute Project: High Extensity, Intensity and Velocity -- 4. Evaluating the Confucius Institute Project: Impact at the State-to-State Level -- 5. Evaluating the Confucius Institute Project: Impact at the Society-to-Society Level -- 6. Conclusions and Implications -- References -- Index
Summary: 'The Confucius Institute Project' - consisting of Confucius Institutes and Classrooms, the posting of Chinese language teachers to overseas schools and universities and the Chinese Bridge language competition - represents an attempt by China to extend its influence globally through the use of soft power. Facilitated by a rapidly increasing demand for Chinese language learning, it has established a presence across the globe and made valuable contributions to the learning and teaching of Chinese. However, this has not necessarily led to an increasingly positive view of China, either at a political or a societal level. Through an analysis of official documents, interviews with those involved, a survey of Chinese-language learners and a study of academic and media sources, the author evaluates the aims of the project, and discusses whether these aims are being met.
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Tables -- Conventions for Chinese Terms and Chinese Names -- Acknowledgements -- 1. Introduction: Language, Culture and China's Rise in a Globalising World -- 2. Chinese Culture Goes Global: Soft Power and the Promotion of Chinese Language Learning -- 3. Mapping the Confucius Institute Project: High Extensity, Intensity and Velocity -- 4. Evaluating the Confucius Institute Project: Impact at the State-to-State Level -- 5. Evaluating the Confucius Institute Project: Impact at the Society-to-Society Level -- 6. Conclusions and Implications -- References -- Index

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'The Confucius Institute Project' - consisting of Confucius Institutes and Classrooms, the posting of Chinese language teachers to overseas schools and universities and the Chinese Bridge language competition - represents an attempt by China to extend its influence globally through the use of soft power. Facilitated by a rapidly increasing demand for Chinese language learning, it has established a presence across the globe and made valuable contributions to the learning and teaching of Chinese. However, this has not necessarily led to an increasingly positive view of China, either at a political or a societal level. Through an analysis of official documents, interviews with those involved, a survey of Chinese-language learners and a study of academic and media sources, the author evaluates the aims of the project, and discusses whether these aims are being met.

Issued also in print.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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