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Author:   Guangyan Chen
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Imprint:   Lexington Books
Dimensions:   Width: 16.10cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 22.80cm
Weight:   0.517kg
ISBN:  

9781498584951

ISBN 10:   1498584950
Pages:   248
Publication Date:   22 June 2020
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Preface Acknowledgments Abbreviations Introduction Part 1: The Needs for a Culture-Based Chinese Language Pedagogy 1. The Needs for a Culture-Based Chinese Language Pedagogy 2. Conceptualizing Culture in the U.S. Chinese as a Foreign Language (CFL) Setting 3. Approaches to Integrating Culture into CFL Education Part 2: Culture-Based Language Pedagogy: Performed Culture Approach (PCA) 4.Performed Culture Approach 5.Comparisons between PCA and Mainstream Pedagogical Frameworks 6.Comparisons between PCA and Two Alternatives to Mainstream Pedagogical Frameworks Part 3: Studies Empirically Supporting Cultural Primacy in CFL Education 7.Culture Provides Important Criteria for Assessing CFL learners’ Oral Performances 8.Culturally Ingrained Perceptions Outweigh Teaching Experience When Teachers Assess a CFL Learner’s Oral Performance Part 4: Applications of PCA 9.A PCA-Oriented Chinese Curriculum 10.PCA-Adapted Lesson Plans 11.PCA-Based Classroom Discourse References Index About the Author

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Although foreign language professionals all agree that culture instruction is important in language instruction, the field of foreign language education has yet to find an effective pedagogical framework to truly integrate culture instruction with language instruction. This book has provided both theoretical and empirical grounds for a culture-based language pedagogy and argued convincingly that the Performed Culture Approach (PCA) holds the potential to change the mindset and practices of Chinese language teachers, and perhaps for other languages as well. The link between a culture-based language pedagogy and global citizenship proposed by the author is sure to revitalize the field of foreign language education in the years to come. -- Li Yu, Williams College

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Guangyan Chen is an associate professor at Texas Christian University.

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