China's Integrationist Language Policy

Description

China has huge ethnic minorities – over 40 different groups with a total population of over 100 million. Over time China’s policies towards minority languages have varied, changing from policies which have accommodated minority languages to policies which have encouraged integration. At present integrationist policies predominate, notably in the education system, where instruction in minority languages is being edged out in favour of instruction in Mandarin Chinese. This book assesses the current state of indigenous and minority language policy in China. It considers especially language policy in the education system, including in higher education, and provides detailed case studies of how particular ethnic minorities are being affected by the integrationist approach.

Contents

Foreword Nancy Hornberger Introduction Gulbahar H. Beckett and Gerry A. Postiglione Part 1: Policies, Theories, Perspectives 1. Critical Review of Indigenous and Minority Language Policy Research and Literature: Implications for P. R. C Seoanaigh MacPherson 2. Historical Overview of P.R.C Minority/Indigenous Language Policies and Practices Minglang Zhou 3. U.N. and Chinese Constitutional Language Rights Kelley Loper Part 2: Empirical Research Studies 4. Education of Ethnic Minorities in Contemporary China: Bilingual Education in Xinjiang Ma Rong 5. The Socio-cultural and Academic Adjustment of Minority-group and Han Majority Students at a Leading University for Ethnic Minorities in China Mei Wu 6. Bilingual Education in China: The Case of Yunnan Linda Tsung 7. Language Issues in Chinese Higher Education: The Case of Korean and Mongol Minority Groups James Jacob 8. Language as Cultural Capital: Ethnic Korean Students’ Self-perception and Language Attitudes in Northeast China Gao Fang 9. The Struggle over Tibetan Medium Education Gerry Postiglione 10. A Space for the Possible: Globalization and English Language Learning or Tibetan Students in China Rebecca A. Clothey 11. Reframing Studies of Female Marriage Migrants’ Educational Involvement: An Example of Chinese and Southeast Asian Female Marriage Migrants in Taiwan Yi-Hsuan, Ko Part 3: Pedagogical Models and Implications for Future 12. Bilingual Education in Dongxiang: An Innovative Experiment Yisu, Zhou 13. Chinese-English Bilingual Education in P.R.C: Implications for Minority and Indigenous peoples Guangwei Hu 14. Educational Achievement of Indigenous and Minority students in US and Canada: Lessons for P.R.C. Gulbahar H. Beckett

Author Bio

Gulbahar Beckett is Associate Professor and Director of the Center for International Education and Research at the University of Cincinnati

Gerard Postiglione is Professor and Director of the Centre of Research on Education in China at the University of Hong Kong

Related Subjects

1. Chinese Studies
2. Chinese Culture & Society
3. Language Teaching & Learning