Motivation, a key factor explaining learners' success or failure in learning a language, is a
well-researched topic in the area of second language acquisition. The present paper reports …

This chapter focuses on bilingual education programs in the People's Republic of China,
including those for ethnic minorities and Chinese-English bilingual education programs …

Fuelled by forces of globalisation, China has gradually shifted from a centrally planned
economy to the 'socialist market economy'. This study examines changes in Chinese …

This article examines the case of minority language education in China, an area of enquiry
that has received increasing attention as new studies report on how the lack of institutional …

Current studies on translation policy towards minority languages are largely confined to the
Western context. This paper aims to investigate translation policy in modern China (1949 …

This thesis examines the political economy of Zhuang, the language of China's largest
official minority group: how do China's minority language freedom–a form of constitutional …

This study explores Tibetan students' L2 and L3 motivational systems and their interactions
based on the framework of the L2 Motivational Self-System proposed by Dörnyei. Five …

In the winter of 2006, I was studying Chinese in a language college in Kunming. While I
found the studies difficult, monotonous, and uninspiring, I had come to China with the aim of …

This chapter explores various multi-model approaches in multilingual education in China. It
explores the disconnect between China's stated policy of multilingual education for its ethnic …

Two groups of 12-year-old ethnic minority (EM) users of alphasyllabary (66 Tibetan and 45
Yi) were compared with 42 Han Chinese students in comprehending Chinese narrative and …