The Third Space and Chinese Language Pedagogy: Negotiating Intentions and Expectations in Another Culture

Synopsis

The Third Space and Chinese Language Pedagogy presents the Third Space as a new frame through which foreign language pedagogy is conceptualized as a pedagogy of negotiating intentions and expectations in another culture. The field of Chinese as a foreign language (CFL) in the past decades has been expanding rapidly at the beginning and intermediate levels, yet it is lacking in scholarship on the true advanced level both in theory building and research-supported curriculum and material development. This book argues that it is time for CFL to go beyond merely satisfying the desire of gazing at the other, whether it is curiosity about the other or superiority over the other, to focusing on learning to work with the other. It reimagines the field as co-constructing a transcultural Third Space where learners are becoming experts in negotiating intentions and expectations in another culture. It presents a range of research-based CFL pedagogical scholarship and practices especially relevant to the advanced level and to the goal of enabling learners to go past fans or critics to become actors/players in the game of cross-lingual and intercultural cooperation.

Copyright:

2021

Book Details

Book Quality:

Publisher Quality

Book Size:

162 Pages

ISBN-13:

9781000290523

Related ISBNs:

9780429345890, 9780367364267, 9780367364281

Publisher:

Taylor and Francis

Date of Addition:

12/31/20

Copyrighted By:

selection and editorial matter, Xin Zhang and Xiaobin Jian

Adult content:

No

Language:

English

Has Image Descriptions:

No

Categories:

Nonfiction, Education, Language Arts, Communication, Foreign Language Study

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This is a copyrighted book.

Edited by:

Xin Zhang

Edited by:

Xiaobin Jian