1st Edition

Language Management and Its Impact The Policies and Practices of Confucius Institutes

By Linda Mingfang Li Copyright 2019
    204 Pages
    by Routledge

    204 Pages 11 B/W Illustrations
    by Routledge

    This book provides a comprehensive account of language management and planning at Confucius Institutes in the UK, implementing an ethnographic approach grounded in language management theory. As a global language promotion organization, Confucius Institutes have previously been discussed in the literature with respect to socio-political issues, but this volume will shed particular light on their role in shaping and informing Chinese language policy, at both the institutional and individual classroom level. The book focuses specifically on Confucius Institutes in the UK, demonstrating how language teaching practice in these organizations is informed and shaped not only by organizational paradigms but local language needs and institutional attitudes of host institutions. In turn, Li highlights these organizations’ unique position in a multilingual region such as the UK can offer new insights into language management by illustrating their roles as platforms for both individuals and institutions to become involved in the making and implementation of language policy. This volume will be of particular interest to students and researchers in language policy and planning, language education, applied linguistics, and Chinese linguistics.

    Chapter 1. Introduction





    Chapter 2. Language Promotion Organizations and Confucius Institute in the UK





    Chapter 3. Studies of Confucius Institute and Language Management





    Chapter 4. Chinese Languages Management at the Institution Level





    Chapter 5. Language Management at Confucius Institute Level





    Chapter 6. Language Management at Confucius Institute Classroom Level





    Chapter 7. Conclusions

    Biography

    Linda Li is Principal Lecturer and Subject Group Leader for Chinese, Russian and Japanese in the Regent’s Institute of Languages & Culture at Regent’s University London, UK.