Learning English and Chinese as foreign languages : sociocultural and comparative perspectives /

"This book compares English as a Foreign Language teaching in Taiwan with Chinese as a Foreign Language education in England and highlights how classroom activities are embedded within ethnic or social group cultures, family resources and school visions or goals, and it highlights the potential...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Lin, Wen-Chuan, 1966- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Bristol, UK ; Blue Ridge Summit, PA : Multilingual Matters, [2019]
Series:	New perspectives on language and education ; 74.
Subjects:	Language and languages > Study and teaching > Social aspects. English language > Study and teaching > Taiwan > Chinese speakers. Chinese language > Study and teaching > England > English speakers. Chinese language > Study and teaching > English speakers. English language > Study and teaching > Chinese speakers. England. Taiwan.

Table of Contents:

A theoretical insight : socio-cultural views on language learning
Learning English/Chinese as foreign languages : the contexts
Getting access to English/Chinese : everyday practice
Classroom life : a pedagogical concern
Language learning and identity : communities of practice
Synthesis and cross-cultural comparisons.