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China and English : Globalisation and the Dilemmas of Identity / ed. by Joseph Lo Bianco, Jane Orton, Gao Yihong.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Critical Language and Literacy StudiesPublisher: Bristol ; Blue Ridge Summit : Multilingual Matters, [2009]Copyright date: ©2009Description: 1 online resource (304 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781847692290
  • 9781847692306
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • PE3502.C54 C45 2009
  • PE3502.C54 C45 2009eb
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  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Contributors -- Preface -- Introduction -- Part 1: Western Dreams, Chinese Quests – Habitus and Encounter -- Chapter 1: Intercultural Encounters and Deep Cultural Beliefs -- Chapter 2: Sociocultural Contexts and English in China: Retaining and Reforming the Cultural Habitus -- Chapter 3 English and the Chinese Quest -- Part 2: Learners, Identities and Purposes -- Chapter 4: Language and Identity: State of the Art and a Debate of Legitimacy -- Chapter 5 Beautiful English versus The Multilingual Self -- Chapter 6: ‘Just a Tool’: The Role of English in the Curriculum -- Chapter 7: The More I Learned, The Less I Found My Self -- Part 3: Landscapes and Mindscapes -- Chapter 8: Language, Ethnicity and Identity in China -- Chapter 9 Ethnic Minorities, Bilingual Education and Glocalization -- Chapter 10 English at Home in China: How Far does the Bond Extend? -- Chapter 11 Motivational Force and Imagined Community in ‘Crazy English -- Part 4: Narratives -- Chapter 12: Understanding Ourselves through Teacher Man -- Chapter 13: Negotiated (Non-) Participation of ‘Unsuccessful’ Learners -- Chapter 14 Teachers’ Identities in Personal Narratives -- Part 5: English for China in the World -- Chapter 15: East Goes West -- Chapter 16: Being Chinese, Speaking English -- Index
Summary: It has been said there are more Chinese learning English than there are Americans. We all have a sense that the first decades of the third millennium, including the effects of the global financial recession, signal dramatic changes to the shape of the world to come. China’s emergence as a superpower is one of the few certainties in this rapidly changing world. What is less well realised is the critical role which China’s decisions about English will play in the world’s communication profile. This unique volume explores this question looking at the debates on identity, cultural values and communication practices. Taking a wide-ranging view and uniquely blending both Chinese and Western perspectives the volume explores the critically important cultural consequences of mass English learning in today’s world.
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Contributors -- Preface -- Introduction -- Part 1: Western Dreams, Chinese Quests – Habitus and Encounter -- Chapter 1: Intercultural Encounters and Deep Cultural Beliefs -- Chapter 2: Sociocultural Contexts and English in China: Retaining and Reforming the Cultural Habitus -- Chapter 3 English and the Chinese Quest -- Part 2: Learners, Identities and Purposes -- Chapter 4: Language and Identity: State of the Art and a Debate of Legitimacy -- Chapter 5 Beautiful English versus The Multilingual Self -- Chapter 6: ‘Just a Tool’: The Role of English in the Curriculum -- Chapter 7: The More I Learned, The Less I Found My Self -- Part 3: Landscapes and Mindscapes -- Chapter 8: Language, Ethnicity and Identity in China -- Chapter 9 Ethnic Minorities, Bilingual Education and Glocalization -- Chapter 10 English at Home in China: How Far does the Bond Extend? -- Chapter 11 Motivational Force and Imagined Community in ‘Crazy English -- Part 4: Narratives -- Chapter 12: Understanding Ourselves through Teacher Man -- Chapter 13: Negotiated (Non-) Participation of ‘Unsuccessful’ Learners -- Chapter 14 Teachers’ Identities in Personal Narratives -- Part 5: English for China in the World -- Chapter 15: East Goes West -- Chapter 16: Being Chinese, Speaking English -- Index

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It has been said there are more Chinese learning English than there are Americans. We all have a sense that the first decades of the third millennium, including the effects of the global financial recession, signal dramatic changes to the shape of the world to come. China’s emergence as a superpower is one of the few certainties in this rapidly changing world. What is less well realised is the critical role which China’s decisions about English will play in the world’s communication profile. This unique volume explores this question looking at the debates on identity, cultural values and communication practices. Taking a wide-ranging view and uniquely blending both Chinese and Western perspectives the volume explores the critically important cultural consequences of mass English learning in today’s world.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

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