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Author Tong, Peiru

Title Learning Chinese in a multilingual space an ecological perspective on studying abroad / Peiru Tong, Linda Tsung
Published Cham, Switzerland : Springer, 2022

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Series Multilingual education, 2213-3216 ; volume 41
Multilingual education ; v. 41. 2213-3216
Contents Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Settings and Interaction Opportunities in the SA Program -- Chapter 3. Language Affordances and Emergence: Authentic Language Use in the SA Program -- Chapter 4. The Cultural, Intercultural and Symbolic Dimensions of SA -- Chapter 5. The Influence of Identity and Self-Concept on Personalised Trajectories of SA -- Chapter 6. An Ecological Approach to SA: Theoretical and Methodological Perspectives
Summary This book examines the benefits of an Australian in-country study (ICS) in China programme and explores ways to maximise the short-term ICS experience in a multilingual space. The book employs an ecological perspective which has seldom been used to examine the study abroad context. It emphasises the importance of the space itself as an arena of interaction, belonging and power, where conduct and modes of communication are often regulated by political authorities and societal expectations. Specifically, the book focuses on the following: the extent to which the ICS facilitated interaction in different settings the way in which interaction during ICS contributed to language learning the degree in which the interaction during ICS contributed to culture learning and the role of identity in the learning process in the ICS. The main argument of the book is that while the ICS promoted multilingual learning space for in-class and out-of-class interactions, which further facilitated language and culture learning to a great extent, Australian students identities and self-concepts also played a core mediating role throughout individual learning trajectories
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed June 8, 2022)
Subject Chinese language -- Study and teaching.
Multilingual education.
Chinese language -- Study and teaching
Multilingual education
Xinès.
Ensenyament de la llengua.
Ensenyament multilingüe.
Genre/Form Llibres electrònics.
Form Electronic book
Author Tsung, Linda T. H., 1953- author.
ISBN 9783031003073
3031003071