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.

Info autore

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.

Riassunto

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.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Guanglun Michael Mu, Guanglun Michael Mu
• Editore: Channel View Publications Ltd
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 06.10.2015
• EAN: 9781783094288
• ISBN: 978-1-78309-428-8
• Pagine: 200
• Dimensioni: 217 mm x 156 mm x 16 mm
• Peso: 372 g
• Serie: Multilingual Matters; Multilingual Matters
• Categorie: Libri scolastici > Corsi per adulti / università popolare > Materiali per università popolare / materiali per corsi di lingua; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Altre lingue / altre letterature