Despite the growth of research in learning and teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language
(CFL), no scoping review of research published in international, anglophone journals has …

Language program evaluation is a pragmatic mode of inquiry that illuminates the complex
nature of language‐related interventions of various kinds, the factors that foster or constrain …

A changing world requires new skills, and functional Chinese proficiency is one of such
highly desired skills. The past two decades have witnessed unprecedented growth in …

Enrollment in Chinese as a Second Language (CSL) classes in the US has increased
substantially in recent decades. Given the importance of CSL teacher education in relation …

The purpose of this quantitative causal-comparative study was to determine if the Jump Start
summer school program was able to decrease the summer learning loss in the area of math …

This paper discusses how STARTALK-endorsed principles were adopted in a first-year
STARTALK summer program in three LCTLs: Arabic, Persian and Turkish. Our 34 high …

The article presents a case study of a non-residential Kiswahili language and culture
STARTALK program conducted in the summer of 2019 at the University of Kansas …

In this chapter, we overview Chinese proficiency testing first by defining proficiency in
standardized, broad terms. We then describe national and international descriptions and …

Abstract Language instructors play a decisive role in adult language learners' learning and
retention of vocabulary through planning, selection, and teaching of vocabulary and …

The number of students who are looking for short-term Chinese language courses is
growing. Such courses are mostly held in Taiwan and Mainland China where students can …