Globalization, as a historical process, is by no means new. Yet the globalization process we
are experiencing at present is unprecedented in scale and intensity, and driven by a …

This book is making the case for the research field of teaching and learning Chinese as a
second/additional language. This field of endeavour links a range of contexts: the teaching …

This book calls for a change in the way interculturality is introduced in Chinese language
education, while the demand for Chinese language teaching increases around the world …

Globalization consists of cross-cultural, transnational, interregional integration and
participation, immigration being one of its main phenomena. Immigrants' participation in …

Bilingual and bicultural scholar Yeng-Seng Goh offers the first in-depth English language
analysis of global Chinese, exploring the spread of Chinese beyond China and its …

On 4 January 2010 the British Broadcasting Corporation reported the UK Children's
Secretary, Ed Balls, declaring that 'All secondary school pupils in England should have the …

Although there is an extensive literature on the teaching of English as a Second or Other
Language, there is very little published research on the teaching or learning of Chinese in …

When Mme Liu Yandong, State Councillor and Chair of the Council of Confucius Institute
Headquarters, visited the United States in April 2009, she was 'greatly moved by the passion …

The history of the teaching and learning of Chinese is a long one marked by recent rapid
expansion. Research in the field, however, is fairly recent and connections are being …

Chinese has the largest speaker population in the world, spoken by approximately one fifth
of the world's population, including 1.3 billion people living in China. It is also the third most …