China's Assimilationist Language Policy

The Impact on Indigenous/Minority Literacy and Social Harmony
Herausgeber: Beckett, Gulbahar H.; Postiglione, Gerard A.

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Produktbeschreibung

China has huge ethnic minorities - over 40 different groups with a total population of over 100 million. Over time China's policies towards minority languages have varied, changing from policies which have accommodated minority languages to policies which have encouraged integration. At present integrationist policies predominate, notably in the education system, where instruction in minority languages is being edged out in favour of instruction in Mandarin Chinese. This book assesses the current state of indigenous and minority language policy in China. It considers especially language policy in the education system, including in higher education, and provides detailed case studies of how particular ethnic minorities are being affected by the integrationist, or assimilationist, approach.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. Oktober 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 554g
• ISBN-13: 9780415596053
• ISBN-10: 041559605X
• Artikelnr.: 33153339

Autorenporträt

Gulbahar H. Beckett is Associate Professor of Sociolinguistics at the University of Cincinnati, USA. Gerard A. Postiglione is Professor and Head, Division of Policy, Administration and Social Sciences, and Director of the Wah Ching Center of Research on Education in China of the University of Hong Kong.

Inhaltsangabe

Part 1: Background and Historical Review 1. China's Language Policy for
Indigenous and Minority Education 2. Historical Review of the PRC's
Minority/Indigenous Language Policy and Practice: Nation-State Building and
Identity Construction Part 2: Empirical Research Studies 3. The Development
of Minority Education and the Practice of Bilingual Education in Xinjiang
Uyghur Autonomous Region 4. Bilingual Education among the Dongxiangs:
Experiment, Practices, and Implications 5. China's Minorities without
Written Scripts: The Case of Education Access among the Dongxiang 6.
Bilingual Education in China: The Case of Yunnan 7. Language Hegemony in
its Relation to Chinese Marriage Migrants Mothers' Adaptations to and
Educational Involvements in Taiwan 8. The Influence of Cultural and
Linguistic Backgrounds on the Social and Academic Adjustment of Students at
an Ethnic Minority University in China 9. Language Issues in Chinese Higher
Education: The Case of Korean and Mongol Minority Groups Part 3:
Theoretical, Ideological, and Legal Issues 10. Chinese-English Bilingual
Education in PRC: Implications for Language Education for Autochthonous
Ethnic Minorities 11. From Neo-Liberal Ideology to Critical Sustainability
Theory for Language Policy Studies in the P.R.C. 12. Minority Language
Rights and Education in China: The Relevance of Human Rights Law and
Substantive Equality