Chinese Literacy Learning in an Immersion Program

Chan Lü (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

XVIII, 252 Seiten

2019
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-030-04986-7 (ISBN)

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This book examines one-way foreign language immersion education in the United States. It provides a clear and rich description of a Chinese (Mandarin) immersion program, its curriculum, instructional materials, assessment activities, parental involvement and student outcomes. The author analyses two studies that document the development of the students' reading skills in English and Chinese, and the progress of their vocabulary knowledge, lexical inference, and reading comprehension in Chinese. In addition, this book contextualizes the program in its eco-system, including its neighbourhood, school, and the school district, and discusses the importance of school leadership, parental involvement, neighbourhood support and language acquisition planning in making an innovative school program successful. Its concluding chapters offer recommendations for program- and classroom-level practices and suggest pathways for future research on biliteracy learning in Chinese one-way immersion programs. This book will appeal in particular to students and scholars of applied linguistics, second language acquisition and language education.

Chan Lü is Assistant Professor of Chinese Language and Linguistics in Department of Asian Languages and Literature at the University of Washington, USA.

Chapter 1: Introduction.- Chapter 2: One-way Immersion and Mandarin Immersion in the United States.- Chapter 3: Theoretical framework, literature review, and the current project.- Chapter 4: Pacific Elementary School.- Chapter 5: Chinese language, orthography, and learning to read.- Chapter 6: Properties of School Chinese.- Chapter 7: Oral language, phonological awareness, word reading and passage reading comprehension in Grade 2.- Chapter 8: Morphological awareness, vocabulary knowledge, lexical inference and text comprehension in Chinese in Grade 3.- Chapter 9: Implications for Chinese literacy learning and instruction in Chinese OWI programs: A proposal.- Chapter 10: Recommendation for program-level practices and future research agenda.

"Her book is an excellent resource for many stakeholders - including, but not limited to, language researchers, teachers, and programme designers or directors." (Yi Wang, Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, November 2, 2021)

"This study brings together current research on cross-language literacy learning and a report from the implementation of a Chinese as second language (L2) immersion teaching program. ... Especially useful to teachers ... ." (Norbert Francis, Applied Linguistics, May 11, 2019)

Erscheinungsdatum	14.02.2019
Zusatzinfo	XVIII, 252 p. 21 illus., 7 illus. in color.
Verlagsort	Cham
Sprache	englisch
Maße	148 x 210 mm
Gewicht	483 g
Themenwelt	Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Wörterbuch / Fremdsprachen
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Sprachwissenschaft
Schlagworte	biliteracy • Chinese • Chinese as a Second Language • Chinese Language Teachers • content area learning • curriculum development • English • Foreign Language Teaching • Immersion Education • Language Learning • Language planning • lexical inference • Literacy • Mandarin • metalinguistic awareness • one-way immersion program • Reading Comprehension • school bilingualism • Second Language acquisition • vocabulary knowledge
ISBN-10	3-030-04986-8 / 3030049868
ISBN-13	978-3-030-04986-7 / 9783030049867
Zustand	Neuware