Learning Chinese as a heritage language : an Australian perspective / Guanglun Michael Mu.

Author
Mu, Guanglun Michael [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
Bristol ; Buffalo : Multilingual Matters, [2016]
Description
xxiii, 170 pages : illustrations, 1 map ; 22 cm.

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    Series
    Multilingual Matters ; 162
    Summary note
    Explores heritage language learning, in particular Chinese Australians' learning of Chinese. The book is based on a mixed methods study which uses Bourdieu's sociological theory, and offers implications for sociologists of language and education, Chinese heritage language learners and teachers, and language and cultural policy makers.
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references (pages 156-168) and index.
    Contents
    • Machine generated contents note: 1.From the White Australia Policy to Multiculturalism: Chinese Immigrants and Chinese Language in Australia
    • Sunnybank: A Chinese-Populated Community in Queensland, Australia
    • What Does `Culture' Mean?
    • Cultural and Language Policies in Australia
    • Chinese Immigrants in Australia
    • Chinese Language in Australia
    • Empirical Questions around Learning Chinese as a Heritage Language in Australia
    • Chapter Summary
    • 2.Chinese Heritage Language and its Learners in the West: Empirical Knowledge, Theoretical Framework and Research Method
    • What is a Heritage Language and Who are its Learners?
    • Commitment to Chinese Heritage Language Learning: Motivation, Investment and Capital
    • Identity Issues in Chinese Heritage Language Learning: Self-Identification, Constructed Identity and Habitus
    • Theorising Chinese Heritage Language Learning: A Bourdieusian Framework
    • Bourdieu's Methodological Pluralism
    • Note continued: 3.Sociological Mechanism for Learning Chinese as a Heritage Language in Australia: A Quantitative Investigation
    • The Survey Design: Operationalisation of Theoretical Constructs
    • Confucian Dispositions
    • The Pilot Phase: Face Validity and Internal Consistency Reliability
    • Chinese Australian Participants in the Main Study: A Demographically Diverse Group of Young People
    • Instrument Validation: Reliability and Validity
    • Hypothesis Testing: Structural Equation Modelling
    • 4.A Qualitative Exploration of the Profits of Chinese Heritage Language Learning: You Reap What You Sow!
    • Research Design: One-to-One Semi-structured Interview
    • Who Were the Interview Participants?
    • Negotiating the Power Relations during the Interviews: Bourdieu's Advice
    • Data Analysis
    • What did Chinese Heritage Language Mean to These Participants?
    • Are the Findings Consistent Across the Quantitative and the Qualitative Investigation?
    • Note continued: Chapter Summary
    • 5.Learning Chinese as a Heritage Language: A Perplexed Project
    • Chinese Australians, a Heterogeneous Group of Chinese Heritage Language Learners
    • Habitus, Capital and Social Practices in Fields
    • Field of Forces
    • Learning Chinese Heritage Language Across Time and Space
    • A Final Remark on Habitus of Chineseness
    • Some Practical Implications
    • Overall Conclusion.
    ISBN
    • 9781783094288 ((hbk. ; : alk. paper))
    • 1783094281 ((hbk. ; : alk. paper))
    LCCN
    2015019439
    OCLC
    910987461
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