Language, Culture and Identity in Two Chinese Community Schools

More than One Way of Being Chinese?
Erscheinungsjahr 2020
ISBN: 978-1-78892-722-2
Verlag: Multilingual Matters

Buch, Englisch, 182 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 470 g

This book investigates the social, political and educational role of community language education in migratory contexts. It draws on an ethnographic study that investigates the significance of Mandarin-Chinese community schooling in Britain as an intercultural space for those involved. To understand the interrelation of ‘language’, ‘culture’ and ‘identity’, the book adopts a ‘bricolage’ approach that brings together a range of theoretical perspectives. This book challenges homogenous and stereotypical constructions of Chinese language, culture and identity – such as the image of Chinese pupils as conformist and deferent learners – that are often repeated both in the media and in academic discussion.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Ganassin, Sara

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Soziolinguistik
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Fremdsprachenerwerb und -didaktik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1. Introduction

Chapter 2. Constructing the Term ‘Chinese’

Chapter 3. Research Design

Chapter 4. Chinese Community Schools: ‘Spaces for People to Come Together and Learn from Each Other’

Chapter 5. One of Many Chinese Heritage Languages: ‘I Can’t Speak Mandarin but When I Speak Cantonese People Think that I am Local’

Chapter 6. Teaching ‘Real’ Chinese Culture: The Fable of the Frog at the Bottom of the Well

Chapter 7. Fluidity and Complexity in Pupils’ Chinese Identities: ‘I am Happy to be Chinese’

Chapter 8. Conclusions

Über Autor(innen)

Ganassin, Sara
Sara Ganassin is Lecturer in applied linguistics and communication in the School of Education, Communication and Language Sciences, Newcastle University, UK. She is the author of Language, Culture and Identity in Two Chinese Community Schools. More than One Way of Being Chinese? (2020, Multilingual Matters).

Sara Ganassin is a Lecturer in Applied Linguistics and Communication at Newcastle University in the UK. She holds a PhD in Education from Durham University. Her research interests include heritage language learning and teaching, migrant and refugee communities, and internationalisation and mobility. Sara has also worked for seven years in the voluntary sector as project coordinator and researcher with migrant and refugee women and young people.