04577oam 2200865I 450 991046130380332120210114210617.01-283-37386-697866133738611-136-88719-90-203-83980-310.4324/9780203839805 (CKB)2670000000093573(EBL)668430(OCoLC)733048552(OCoLC)1086566858(SSID)ssj0000523831(PQKBManifestationID)11342473(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000523831(PQKBWorkID)10542780(PQKB)11564588(MiAaPQ)EBC668430(EXLCZ)99267000000009357320180706d2011 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrLearning Chinese, turning Chinese challenges to becoming sinophone in a globalised world /Edward McDonaldLondon ;New York, N.Y. :Routledge,2011.1 online resource (260 p.)Asia's TransformationsDescription based upon print version of record.0-415-55942-1 0-415-55941-3 Includes bibliographical references (pages [227]-235) and index.Front Cover; Learning Chinese, Turning Chinese; Copyright Page; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Language in Chinese studies; Part A: The Great Wall of Chinese language teaching; 1. Arguing semantics with a Beijing taxi-driver: relating text and context in a university Chinese language program; 2. Gateways to becoming sinophone: conflicting paradigmsin Chinese language textbooks; 3. Learning Chinese the Lee Kuan Yew way: the socialand political context of language learning; Part B: Drawing battlelines over language4. Character fetishisation: the modus operandi oforientalism in Chinese studies5. Ideolatry versus phonolatry?: Chinese characters as disciplinary identifier; 6. Keeping Chinese for the Chinese: the paradox ofnativised orientalism in Chinese linguistics; Part C: Getting over the Walls of Discourse; 7. Construing 'metrosexual' in Chinese: social andsemiotic change in the era of globalisation; 8. Reconstruction versus deconstruction: textualcriticism, social semiotics and 'New Sinology'; 9. From 'Ed McDonald' to 'Ned McHorse':negotiating multiple identities in a globalised worldPrimary sourcesSuggestions for further reading; References; IndexIn this book Edward McDonald takes a fresh look at issues of language in Chinese studies. He takes the viewpoint of the university student of Chinese with the ultimate goal of becoming 'sinophone': that is, developing a fluency and facility at operating in Chinese-language contexts comparable to their own mother tongue. While the entry point for most potential sinophones is the Chinese language classroom, the kinds of ""language"" and ""culture"" on offer there are rarely questioned, and the links between the forms of the language and the situations in which they may be used are rarely drawAsia's TransformationsChinese language - GlobalizationChinese language - Study and teachingChinese language --GlobalizationChinese language --Study and teachingSecond language acquisitionSecond language acquisitionChinese languageStudy and teachingSecond language acquisitionGlobalizationChinese languageLanguages & LiteraturesHILCCEast Asian Languages & LiteraturesHILCCElectronic books.Chinese language - Globalization.Chinese language - Study and teaching.Chinese language --Globalization.Chinese language --Study and teaching.Second language acquisition.Second language acquisition.Chinese languageStudy and teachingSecond language acquisitionGlobalizationChinese languageLanguages & LiteraturesEast Asian Languages & Literatures495.1495.1/80071McDonald Edward.196551AU-PeELAU-PeELAU-PeELBOOK9910461303803321Learning Chinese, turning Chinese2087752UNINA