Learning English and Chinese as foreign languages : sociocultural and comparative perspectives /
Wen-Chuan Lin.
- Bristol ; Blue Ridge Summit : Multilingual Matters, (c)2019.
- 1 online resource (xii, 218 pages).
- New perspectives on language and education ; 74 .
Includes bibliographies and index.
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.
"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 for a perpetuation of social inequality as a result"--
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Language and languages--Study and teaching--Social aspects. English language--Study and teaching--Chinese speakers.--Taiwan Chinese language--Study and teaching--English speakers.--England