Overview

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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Author:   Gulbahar H. Beckett (University of Cincinnati, US) ,  Gerard A. Postiglione (The University of Hong Kong)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.40cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.453kg
ISBN:  

9781138657205

ISBN 10:   1138657204
Pages:   242
Publication Date:   03 March 2016
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

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

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Beckett and Postiglione's book is a solid introduction to the changing language policylandscape in China and how these changes affect stability, especially in regard to education and social harmony among the minority population. The book leaves the reader with a clear conclusion that the Chinese government's language policies work out differently in practice for different minorities and that education for minorities is a major key to achieving and maintaining social harmony... It is highly recommended to everyone interested in language and language education policies in China and to those interested in minority issues in China. - Heidi Cobbey, SIL International, East Asia Group; China Information 2012 26: 383

"""Beckett and Postiglione’s book is a solid introduction to the changing language policy landscape in China and how these changes affect stability, especially in regard to education and social harmony among the minority population. The book leaves the reader with a clear conclusion that the Chinese government’s language policies work out differently in practice for different minorities and that education for minorities is a major key to achieving and maintaining social harmony... It is highly recommended to everyone interested in language and language education policies in China and to those interested in minority issues in China."" - Heidi Cobbey, SIL International, East Asia Group; China Information 2012 26: 383"

Beckett and Postiglione's book is a solid introduction to the changing language policy landscape in China and how these changes affect stability, especially in regard to education and social harmony among the minority population. The book leaves the reader with a clear conclusion that the Chinese government's language policies work out differently in practice for different minorities and that education for minorities is a major key to achieving and maintaining social harmony... It is highly recommended to everyone interested in language and language education policies in China and to those interested in minority issues in China. - Heidi Cobbey, SIL International, East Asia Group; China Information 2012 26: 383

""Beckett and Postiglione’s book is a solid introduction to the changing language policy landscape in China and how these changes affect stability, especially in regard to education and social harmony among the minority population. The book leaves the reader with a clear conclusion that the Chinese government’s language policies work out differently in practice for different minorities and that education for minorities is a major key to achieving and maintaining social harmony... It is highly recommended to everyone interested in language and language education policies in China and to those interested in minority issues in China."" - Heidi Cobbey, SIL International, East Asia Group; China Information 2012 26: 383

Author Information

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. 

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