Post-Lingual Chinese Language Learning Hanzi Pedagogy

• Main Author: Han, Jinghe
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: London Palgrave Macmillan UK 2017; Palgrave Macmillan
• Edition: 1
• Series: Palgrave Studies in Teaching and Learning Chinese
• Subjects: Applied Linguistics; Chinese; Chinese characters; Chinese language; Language Education; Linguistics; Social Sciences

Presents a thought-provoking challenge to mainstream theories of second language learning. Focusing on Chinese Hanzi, a self-sufficient meaning-making system that operates via visual shape and the logic built into its formation, it analyses 'post-lingual' pedagogy. The author examines this...

Table of Contents:

• Intro -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- 1 Contextualising Chinese Language Education in the Western Context -- Abstract -- Background-The Position China and Western Monolingual Anglophone Nations Set for Hanyu Education/Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language -- Spreading Hanyu-Chinese Government's "Soft Power" Response to the World -- Chinese Language Policy in the West -- UK Context -- US Context -- National Security -- Trade -- Education -- Critical Languages -- Summary -- Australian Context -- Summary -- From Russian to English: A Reversal of Fortune (1957-1966) -- Conclusion -- References -- 2 Chinese Language and Duiwai Hanyu Jiaoxue (Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language) -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Chinese Language -- Putonghua (Mandarin) -- Guoyu-The Nation's Language -- Huayu/The Hua People's Language -- Hanyu/The Language of Han Ethnic People -- Zhongwen-The Central Kingdom's Language and Literature -- Pinyin-"Romanised" Chinese Language? -- Hanzi and Ci-An Equivalent to English "Word"? -- The Pronunciation System of Chinese Language -- Hanzi Formation System-Dutizi and Hetizi -- Phonetic and Semantic Clues in Hanzi Learning -- Duiwai Hanyu Jiaoxue and the Problems in China -- Beyond the Commercial Scope of Hanyu Jiaoxue -- Pinyin Dominant Teaching in Hanyu Jiaoxue -- Who Are Qualified to Teach? Where Are Hanyu Teachers from? -- Teacher Qualifications and Competencies -- Pre-service and In-Service Teacher Education -- Pedagogies for Hanyu Teaching -- Hanyu as a Marginalised Subject -- Conclusion -- References -- 3 The Debatable Role of English (L1) in Duiwai Hanyu (L2) Jiaoxue (Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language) -- Abstract -- Introduction -- The Role of First Language: L1 and L2 Transfer -- Can L1 (English)-to-L2 (Chinese) Transfer Occur?
• Transfer Theory Grounded in Prior Knowledge-Based Learning -- Conceptual Learning-Metacognitive Theory -- Relational Theory: How Does L1 (English) Relate to L2 (Chinese)? -- Conclusion -- References -- 4 Post-lingual Pedagogical Practice-Hanzi Methods -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Hanzi Method-Connecting to the Real World -- Hanzi Method-Learning Through Logical Thinking -- Hanzi Method-Conceptualisation and Knowledge Generation -- Conclusion -- References -- 5 Meaning-Making-Hanzi Orthography and Real World Integrated Learning -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Observable Meaning in Hanzi -- Hanzi-A Twist of Real World -- Hanzi as Art-Meaning-Making Through Hanzi "Drawing" -- The Divergence of Meaning-Making -- Pedagogical Concerns -- Conclusion -- References -- 6 Learning Through the Logic in Hanzi -- Abstract -- Reasoning and Deduction -- Mathematical Knowledge -- Genericity of Knowledge in Hanzi -- Generation of Time Concepts -- Pedagogical Concerns -- Conclusion -- References -- 7 Hanzi Method-Knowledge Generation, Concepts/Conceptualisation and Thoughts in Hanzi -- Abstract -- Hanzi Conceptualisation of the World -- Agency in Hanzi -- Morals and Values in Hanzi -- Yin Yang Theory in Hanzi Formation -- Discussion-Hanzi Method -- Conclusion -- References -- 8 Further Thoughts on Hanzi Methods-The Language, Epistemology and Ontology -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Hanzi Realisticity and Artisticity -- Hanzi Presence Versus Absence -- Logocentrism and Phonocentrism -- Hanzi Intuitive and Logical -- Hanzi Epistemology and Ontology -- Implications for Further Research -- References -- Index