Trilingualism in education in China : models and challenges /

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Imprint:	Dordrecht : Springer, [2014] ©2015
Description:	1 online resource (xvii, 258 pages) : illustrations (some color).
Language:	English
Series:	Multilingual education, 2213-3208 ; volume 12 Multilingual education ; v.12.
Subject:	Multilingual education -- China. Multilingual education. China. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11088228

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Other authors / contributors:	Feng, Anwei, 1954- editor. Adamson, Bob, editor.
ISBN:	9789401793520 9401793522 9789401793513
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references. Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed October 9, 2014).
Summary:	This book examines language policies and practices in schools in regions of China populated by indigenous minority groups. It focuses on models of trilingual education, i.e. education in the home language, Putonghua (Mandarin Chinese, the national language), and English (the main foreign language). Special attention is given to the study of the vitality of the minority home language in each region and issues relating to and the effects of the teaching and learning of the minority home language on minority students' acquisition of Mandarin Chinese and English and on their school performance in.
Other form:	Print version: Feng, Anwei Trilingualism in Education in China: Models and Challenges Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands,c2014 9789401793513
Standard no.:	10.1007/978-94-017-9352-0

Table of Contents:

Preface
1. Researching Trilingualism and Trilingual Education in China
Part 1: Meng-Chao-Xin
2. Four Models of Mongolian Nationality Schools in the Inner Mongolian Autonomous Region
3.Trilingual Education in China{u2019}s Korean Communities
4. Language Learning and Empowerment: Languages in Education for Uyghurs in Xinjiang
Part 2: Qing-Zang-Chuan
5. Ethnolinguistic Vitality, Language Attitudes and Language Education in Tibetan Schools in Qinghai
6. When English Meets Chinese in Tibetan Schools: Towards an Understanding of Multilingual Education in Tibet
7. A Multi-case Investigation into Trilingualism and Trilingual Education in Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture
Part 3: Yun-Gui-Yue
8. A Survey Report on Trilingualism and Trilingual Education in Yunnan
9. Emerging Trilingualism among the Dong Minority in Guizhou Province
10. Language Attitudes of Secondary School Students in Guangdong
11. Trilingualism in Education: Models and Challenges.

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