1st Edition

Teacher Development in Teaching Chinese as a Second Language

Edited By Jing Yan, Hui Huang Copyright 2026
284 Pages 23 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

284 Pages 23 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This unique volume focuses on the development of Chinese as a Second Language (CSL) teachers in the global context. It addresses the specific issues and challenges faced by CSL teachers and demonstrates international practices in the field. It also provides a comprehensive examination of their multifaceted professionalism from diverse perspectives. With the rise of China as a political and... Read more

Table of Contents

Series Editors’ Introduction

Acknowledgements

Preface

Foreword

List of Contributors

PART I: CSL TEACHERS’ PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN THE GLOBAL CONTEXT

1. RESEARCH ON CSL TEACHERS: A SYSTEMIC REVIEW OF STUDIES IN CHINESE AND ENGLISH ACADEMIC JOURNALS FROM 2014 TO 2023

Jing Yan and Hui Huang

2. THE DEVELOPMENT OF CSL TEACHERS IN THE GLOBAL CONTEXT

Xiliang Cui

3. CHALLENGING TEACHERS’ PEDAGOGICAL APPROACHES: PROFESSIONAL LEARNING FOR MANDARIN TEACHERS IN ENGLAND AND SCOTLAND

Sin Manw Sophia Lam and Alan Huang

4. PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF CHINESE LANGUAGE TEACHERS IN SINGAPORE: PATHWAYS AND TRANSFORMATIONS

Hock Huan Goh, Naoqi Sun, Chee Lay Tan and Dennis Kwek

PART II: CSL TEACHERS’ MOTIVATION, AGENCY, AND IDENTITY

5. MOTIVATION OF CHINESE LANGUAGE IN-SERVICE TEACHERS IN A TARGET-LANGUAGE REMOVED AREA – INSIGHTS FROM AUSTRALIA

Hui Huang

6. EXAMINING CSL TRAINING THROUGH THE LENS OF TEACHER AGENCY IN CHINESE EDUCATION

Kaishan Kong

7. UNDERSTANDING THE PROFESSIONAL IDENTITY OF NON-NATIVE CHINESE-SPEAKING TEACHERS

Di Wang and Anqi Ding

 

PART III: CSL TEACHERS’ KNOWLEDGE AND PRACTICE IN MULTICULTURAL AND MULTILINGUAL CONTEXTS

8. CHINESE HERITAGE LANGUAGE TEACHERS’ INTRACULTURAL KNOWLEDGE AND PRACTICES: A MULTIPLE CASE STUDY IN CANADA

Guofang Li, Zhen Lin and Senyao Shen

9. CHINESE AS AN INTERNATIONAL LANGUAGE TEACHERS’ UNDERSTANDING AND ACHIEVEMENT OF ‘SIGNIFICANCE’ UNDER THE QUALITY TEACHING FRAMEWORK

Scott Smith and Huiling Xu

10. MULTILINGUAL AWARENESS AND IDENTITY CONSTRUCTION IN MADARIN TEACHERS: A SOCIOCULTURAL PERSPECTIVE ON TEACHING PRACTICES

Chuyi Wang and Ying Zheng

 

PART IV: CSL TEACHERS’ TECHNOLOGICAL LITERACY AND AGENCY IN THE DIGITAL ERA

11. EMPLOYING GAMIFICATION MECHANISMS IN PRIMARY SCHOOL CLASSROOMS: A CASE STUDY OF A CHINESE LANGUAGE TEACHER

Sinyee Lau, Sujin He and Yun Wen

12. THE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF PRE-SERVICE TEACHERS OF CHINESE AS A SECOND LANGUAGE TO APPLY INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY TO CHINESE EDUCATION

Hsiujen Cheng

13. CHINESE LANGUAGE TEACHER AGENCY IN ONLINE TEACHING: A MULTIPLE CASE STUDY

Juan Yang

14. THE FUTURE OF CSL TEACHER DEVELOPMENT: GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES AND DIRECTIONS

Hui Huang and Jing Yan

 

Index

Biography

Jing Yan is an Associate Professor in the Department of Chinese Language Studies, The Education University of Hong Kong. Her research focuses on task-based language teaching and oral interaction in Chinese as a second language. Her recent work has been published in journals of Teaching and Teacher Education, Language Learning Journal, International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching, and Educational Technology & Society.

Hui Huang is a senior lecturer at Monash University. Her research spans second language acquisition, Chinese as a second or heritage language, digital pedagogy, cross-cultural communication, and immigrant identity. She has published widely in academic books, journals, and edited volumes in applied linguistics and sociolinguistics.