Gil Soft Power and the Worldwide Promotion of Chinese Language Learning

The Confucius Institute Project
Erscheinungsjahr 2017
ISBN: 978-1-78309-807-1
Verlag: Multilingual Matters
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: 6 - ePub Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, Band 167, 144 Seiten

Reihe: Multilingual Matters

‘The Confucius Institute Project’ – consisting of Confucius Institutes and Classrooms, the posting of Chinese language teachers to overseas schools and universities and the Chinese Bridge language competition – represents an attempt by China to extend its influence globally through the use of soft power. Facilitated by a rapidly increasing demand for Chinese language learning, it has established a presence across the globe and made valuable contributions to the learning and teaching of Chinese. However, this has not necessarily led to an increasingly positive view of China, either at a political or a societal level. Through an analysis of official documents, interviews with those involved, a survey of Chinese-language learners and a study of academic and media sources, the author evaluates the aims of the project, and discusses whether these aims are being met.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Gil, Jeffrey

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Fremdsprachenerwerb und -didaktik
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Tables

Conventions for Chinese Terms and Chinese Names

Acknowledgements

Chapter 1: Introduction: Language, Culture and China’s Rise in a Globalising World

Chapter 2: Chinese Culture Goes Global: Soft Power and the Promotion of Chinese Language Learning

Chapter 3: Mapping the Confucius Institute Project: High Extensity, Intensity and Velocity

Chapter 4: Evaluating the Confucius Institute Project: Impact at the State-to-State Level

Chapter 5: Evaluating the Confucius Institute Project: Impact at the Society-to-Society Level

Chapter 6: Conclusions and Implications

References

Interviews

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Gil, Jeffrey
Jeffrey Gil is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Languages and Applied Linguistics, Flinders University, Australia. His research interests include Chinese foreign policy and Chinese as a foreign language.