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Learning Chinese as a heritage language : an Australian perspective / Guanglun Michael Mu.
Author
Mu, Guanglun Michael
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Format
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Language
English
Published/Created
Bristol ; Buffalo : Multilingual Matters, [2016]
Description
xxiii, 170 pages : illustrations, 1 map ; 22 cm.
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East Asian Library - Western Languages
PL1068.A9 M8 2016
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Subject(s)
Chinese language
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Study and teaching
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Australia
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Chinese
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Australia
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Languages
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Political sociology
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Language policy
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Political aspects
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Australia
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Language and culture
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Political aspects
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Australia
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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.
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ISBN
9781783094288 ((hbk. ; : alk. paper))
1783094281 ((hbk. ; : alk. paper))
LCCN
2015019439
OCLC
910987461
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