Table of Contents

Foreword - David Crystal Chapter 1 - Introduction: The Apex of 'the Third Wave' - English Language across Greater China - Anwei FENG Part I - Sociolinguistic Profiles of Countries and Regions across Greater China Chapter 2 - The English language in China: A sociolinguistic profile - Jeffrey GIL and Bob ADAMSON Chapter 3 - English-knowing bilingualism in Singapore: Economic pragmatism, ethnic relations and class - T. Ruanni F. TUPAS Chapter 4 - English language in Taiwan: An examination of its use in society and education in schools - Irene Wen-ling CHEN and Jessie Ju-Chen HSIEH Chapter 5 - Improving the standards and promoting the use of English in Hong Kong: Issues, problems and prospects - David C.S. LI Chapter 6 - English use and education in Macao - Ming Yee Carissa YOUNG Part II - Convergence and Divergence of English Language Use and Education in Different Regions in Mainland China Chapter 7 - The 'English Curriculum Standards' in China: Rationales and issues - Xiaotang CHENG Chapter 8 - Primary school English teaching in South China: Past, present and future - Yuefeng Zhang and Jinjun WANG Chapter 9 - English immersion in China - Haiyan QIANG, Xiaodan HUANG, Linda SIEGEL and Barbara TRUBE Chapter 10 - Family background and English learning at compulsory stage in Shanghai - Weicheng ZOU and Shaolin ZHANG Chapter 11 - Economic development and the growing importance of the English language in Guangxi - Binlan HUANG Chapter 12 - Trilingual education policy ideals and realities for the Naxi in Yunnan - Dongyan Ru BLACHFORD and Marion JONES Chapter 13 - Learning English as L3 by Uyghur students in Xinjiang: A blessing in disguise? - Mamtimyn SUNUODULA and Anwei FENG

Foreword - David Crystal Chapter 1 - Introduction: The Apex of 'the Third Wave' - English Language across Greater China - Anwei FENG Part I - Sociolinguistic Profiles of Countries and Regions across Greater China Chapter 2 - The English language in China: A sociolinguistic profile - Jeffrey GIL and Bob ADAMSON Chapter 3 - English-knowing bilingualism in Singapore: Economic pragmatism, ethnic relations and class - T. Ruanni F. TUPAS Chapter 4 - English language in Taiwan: An examination of its use in society and education in schools - Irene Wen-ling CHEN and Jessie Ju-Chen HSIEH Chapter 5 - Improving the standards and promoting the use of English in Hong Kong: Issues, problems and prospects - David C.S. LI Chapter 6 - English use and education in Macao - Ming Yee Carissa YOUNG Part II - Convergence and Divergence of English Language Use and Education in Different Regions in Mainland China Chapter 7 - The 'English Curriculum Standards' in China: Rationales and issues - Xiaotang CHENG Chapter 8 - Primary school English teaching in South China: Past, present and future - Yuefeng Zhang and Jinjun WANG Chapter 9 - English immersion in China - Haiyan QIANG, Xiaodan HUANG, Linda SIEGEL and Barbara TRUBE Chapter 10 - Family background and English learning at compulsory stage in Shanghai - Weicheng ZOU and Shaolin ZHANG Chapter 11 - Economic development and the growing importance of the English language in Guangxi - Binlan HUANG Chapter 12 - Trilingual education policy ideals and realities for the Naxi in Yunnan - Dongyan Ru BLACHFORD and Marion JONES Chapter 13 - Learning English as L3 by Uyghur students in Xinjiang: A blessing in disguise? - Mamtimyn SUNUODULA and Anwei FENG

About the Author

Dr Anwei Feng has teaching and research experience in tertiary institutions in many countries and regions including China, Hong Kong, Singapore as well as the UK. He is currently Reader in Education and directs Graduate Programmes in the School of Education at Bangor University, UK. His main research interests are in the areas of bi/trilingualism and bi/trilingual education and intercultural studies in education. His recent publications include Becoming Interculturally Competent through Education and Training (2009, with M. Byram and M. Fleming) and Bilingual Education in China: Practices, Policies and Concepts (2007). He also regularly publishes articles in these areas in peer-reviewed journals.

Reviews

This impressive collection brings together 21 international scholars who provide a fascinating in-depth look at English language teaching and use across the linguistically and culturally complex area called Greater China. Not only do these authors provide valuable documentation of the history, implementation and impact of language policies and English teaching in different countries and diverse regions of Mainland China, but collectively they also challenge us to rethink many of the theories, models, and concepts which have long dominated the fields of English language teaching, applied linguistics, and bilingual education. As such, this book makes a most significant and valuable contribution.Wayne E. Wright, University of Texas at San AntonioAnwei Feng's excellent addition to the growing body of literature about China's investment in English not only expands our knowledge of its prodigious scale and importance but offers a nuanced and often-brilliant account of the many dilemmas involved: pedagogical and political, cultural and curricular, personal and professional. The author has unique insight into these problems and prospects from his close familiarity with China's vast investment in producing an indigenous competence in English, but the work is also sustained by a careful process of documentation and analysis, and a coherent and accessible style of writing.Joseph Lo Bianco