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Record Nr.

UNINA9910820220503321

Autore

Chen Ya-chen

Titolo

Early 21st-century power struggles of Chinese languages teaching in US higher education / / Ya-chen Chen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Newcastle upon Tyne, England : , : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, , [2018]

©2018

ISBN

1-5275-1903-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (vi, 297 pages) : illustrations

Disciplina

495.107073

Soggetti

Chinese language - Study and teaching - United States

Language acquisition

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Table of Contents -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- Chapter One -- Chapter Two -- Chapter Three -- Chapter Four -- Chapter Five -- Chapter Six -- Chapter Seven -- Chapter Eight -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

This book exclusively focuses on visible and under-the-table power struggles with regards to aspects of communities, connections, cultures, and communication related to Chinese language teaching in US higher education in the past two decades. As long as there are diverse communities in a society, conflicts between different groups of people become inevitable, and these lead, in turn, to power struggles. Once there are conflicts or power struggles among various communities, problematic subtleties about connections to different communities, as well as comparisons and contrasts of social varieties and cultural legacies, indubitably ensue.