Diamantidaki, F;
Carruthers, K;
(2017)
The teaching and learning of Chinese in primary schools in England: developing a new learning approach to support intercultural understanding.
In: Race, R, (ed.)
Advancing Multicultural dialogues in Education.
Palgrave Macmillan: London, United Kingdom.
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Abstract
The aim of this paper is to provide an overview of the state of the field with respect to the activity of the UCL Institute of Education (IOE) Confucius Institute (CI) for Schools, in promoting the teaching and learning of Chinese in secondary schools. After consideration of the state of the field in the secondary sector, the focus will be shifted to the new strand of work of the IOE Confucius Institute in primary schools in England (IOE CI 2014:1), as this is an emerging opportunity for further growth and expansion of the teaching and learning of Mandarin Chinese. More specifically, the paper will discuss the work of the IOE Confucius Institute with regards to implementing a new Programme of Study for primary schools with the aim of raising cultural awareness and intercultural understanding, through the inclusion of Chinese characters as an integral part of language learning at an early age. In order to support our argument on developing intercultural understanding, we shall draw on theories on the role of culture in foreign language learning (Brooks 1968, Byram: 1989, 1997, 2007; Kramsch 1993, 2001; Zarate 1993; Abdallah-Pretceille 2003; Dervin and Suomela-Salmi 2010). This chapter will finally seek to highlight areas of further development in regards to the creation of high quality resources and the training of non- Chinese speaking primary classroom teachers.
| Type: | Book chapter |
|---|---|
| Title: | The teaching and learning of Chinese in primary schools in England: developing a new learning approach to support intercultural understanding |
| ISBN-13: | 9783319605579 |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1007/978-3-319-60558-6 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| Keywords: | Primary education, chinese primary, chinese programme of study. |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education > IOE - Culture, Communication and Media |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1554756 |
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