1st Edition
Sociological Perspectives on Foreign Language Education in China’s Universities Stratification, Governance, and Community
Chapter 1 Introduction
Chapter 2 Stratification and hierarchy in teaching and research
2.1 Teaching versus research: division of labour or labour transfer?
2.2 Collective burnout among senior university foreign language teachers
2.3 Open access publishing community for marginalised academics
Chapter 3 The “macroeconomics” of foreign language education in universities
3.1 Expansion of undergraduate education and programmes development
3.2 Postgraduate education planning: moderating academic and professional quotas
3.3 Endogenous policies and internal resource circulation
Chapter 4 Individuals, activities, communities, and structure
4.1 Psychological empowerment of up-or-out faculty
4.2 Rewards: power-based subsidy or compensation for labour?
4.3 Professional development workshops: structure that mediates alienating effects
Chapter 5 Conclusion
Biography
Hao Xu is Professor of Applied Linguistics at National Research Centre for Foreign Language Education, Beijing Foreign Studies University, China. His main research interests include language education, language teacher education, and sociolinguistics. He is currently an associate editor of the International Journal of Applied Linguistics.
