Learning Chinese as a Heritage Language - An Australian Perspective

This book 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.

About the author

Guanglun Michael Mu is Vice-Chancellor's Research Fellow at Queensland University of Technology in Australia. His research interests include mixed methods research, diversity and inclusion and Chinese in diaspora. He is also Associate Editor for the International Journal of Disability, Development, and Education.

Summary

This book 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.

Product details

• Authors: Guanglun Michael Mu, Guanglun Michael Mu
• Publisher: Channel View Publications Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 06.10.2015
• EAN: 9781783094288
• ISBN: 978-1-78309-428-8
• No. of pages: 170
• Dimensions: 217 mm x 156 mm x 16 mm
• Weight: 372 g
• Series: Multilingual Matters; Multilingual Matters
• Subjects: Education and learning > Adult education/adult education classes > Adult education class / course materials (language); Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Other languages / Other literatures