The Routledge Handbook of Chinese Language Teaching

Chris Shei was educated in Taiwan and studied at Cambridge and Edinburgh before 2000. He then worked at Swansea University from 2003 until the present. He teaches and researches in linguistics and translation studies and is particularly interested in the use of computer and web resources for linguistic research, language education and translating. He is the General Editor for three Routledge book series: Routledge Studies in Chinese Discourse Analysis, Routledge Studies in Chinese Translation and Routledge Studies in Chinese Language Teaching (with Der-lin Chao). Proposals for monographs or edited pieces are received at cshei@gmail.com on a long-term basis. Monica E. McLellan Zikpi is the coordinator of the Chinese Flagship Program at the University of Oregon. She attended graduate school at the same university and completed a PhD in Comparative Literature in 2014, with a dissertation on the reception history of a work attributed to the Chinese poet Qu Yuan (c. fourth–third century BCE). She has published research on the interpretation and translation of early Chinese poetry in Early China, Comparative Literature Studies, Journal of Oriental Studies, and Chinese Literature: Essays, Articles, Reviews. As coordinator of the Chinese Flagship Program, she is responsible for the day-to-day operations of a grant-funded undergraduate language program designed to help students beginning from any proficiency level to reach professional-level fluency in Mandarin. She enjoys helping students navigate the practical matters of learning Chinese, including finances, proficiency assessments, academic credit, and study abroad. Der-lin Chao is Professor of Chinese and Head of the Chinese BA in Language, Literature, Translation and MA in the Teaching of Chinese programs at Hunter College, City University of New York. She devotes herself to language program pedagogy, design, and evaluation; development of technology and web-based instructional materials; teacher education; proficiency-based language education; and the history of Chinese language instruction. In addition, she is thoroughly invested in developing extra-collegiate Chinese educational initiatives, including K-12 Chinese curriculum development and enhancement with partner schools throughout the New York City area.

I. Overview



Teaching Chinese as a first language in China: review and comparison
Weixiao Wei


From ‘Chinese to Foreigners’ to ‘Chinese International Education’: China’s efforts in promoting its language worldwide
Chris Shei


The Beginning of Chinese Professorship and Chinese Language Instruction in the United States: History and Implications
Der-lin Chao


Teaching Chinese as a heritage language
Chang Pu

II. Chinese language pedagogy


Methods of teaching Chinese: evolution and emerging trends
Haidan Wang


Teaching Content, Developing Language in CLIL Chinese
Jane Orton


Creating a Task-Based Language Course in Mandarin Chinese
Miao-fen Tseng


Developing communicative competence in adult beginner learners of Chinese
Clare Wright

III. Teaching Chinese pronunciation and characters


Some explicit linguistic knowledge for Chinese pronunciation teaching
Bei Yang


Teaching Chinese tones
Hang Zhang


Teaching Chinese intonation and rhythm
Chunsheng Yang


Teaching Chinese pronunciation: explanation, expectation, and implementation
Jiang Liu


Recognition of two forms of characters and teaching literary Chinese
Joseph R. Allen


Teaching Chinese characters: what we know and what we can do
Bo Hu


An analysis on models of teaching spoken Chinese as a foreign language
Meiru Liu

IV. Teaching Chinese words and grammar


A usage-based approach to L2 grammar instruction delivered through the PACE model
Hong Li and Jing Z. Paul


Methods of lexical semantic inquiry in teaching advanced level vocabulary
Shiao-Wei Tham


Teaching Chinese adverbs
Yan Li


From cognitive linguistics to pedagogical grammar: On teaching the Chinese sentence-final le
Liancheng Chief

V. Materials and curricula


Considerations in preparing pedagogical materials for adult native English-speaking learners of Chinese as a Second/Foreign Language
Cornelius Kubler


Intercultural Communicative Competence in CFL Language Curricula
Madeline K. Spring


Teaching Chinese through Authentic Audio-visual Media Materials
Liling Huang and Amber Navarre


Understanding tertiary Chinese language learners’ needs: A cross-curricular perspective
Hui Huang


Emotion, attitude and value in primary school Chinese textbooks
Bo Wang, Yuanyi Ma & Isaac N. Mwinlaaru


The Assessment of Chinese L2 Proficiency
Paula Winke and Wenyue Melody Ma

VI. Instructional media and resources


Using social media to teach Chinese more effectively
Ke Peng


Teaching Chinese Through Film: Rationale, Practice, and Future Directions
Yanhong Zhu


Literature in Chinese Language Teaching
Don Starr and Yunhan Hu


Multimodal Pedagogy and Chinese Visual Arts in TCFL Classrooms
Rugang Lu


The Current Status of CALL for Chinese in the United States
Zheng-Sheng Zhang


Using technology to learn to speak Chinese
Lijing Shi and Ursula Stickler


Towards Automatic Identification of Chinese Collocation Errors
Zhao-Ming Gao


Business Chinese Instruction: Past, Present, and Future
Fangyuan Yuan

VII. Teaching context and policy


Chinese Language Learning and Teaching in the UK
George X Zhang and Linda M Li


The Impact of Australian language policies on Chinese language teaching
Shen Chen and Helena Sit


Bi/Multilingual Education, Translation, and Social Mobility in Xinjiang, China
Saihong Li


Understanding how Chinese language education is used to promote citizenship education in China and Hong Kong
TAM, Angela Choi-fung


Teachers’ Bicultural Awareness in Chinese Culture Instruction
Guangyan Chen and Ken Springer


Crossing the river while feeling for stones: the education of a Chinese language teacher

Julian K. Wheatley