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A crucial question for Chinese as a Second Language research is how to help elevate Chinese language teaching methodology to the level of other world language methodologies such as English, Spanish and German. This work goes in two directs. One explores how to apply research results achieved in Chinese linguistics to Chinese language teaching and the other is engaged in creating a strong applied linguistics research field that supports Chinese language teaching. CASLAR scholars are mainly involved in the latter one. This book is a representative sample of their research endeavors.
A crucial question for Chinese as a Second Language research is how to help elevate Chinese language teaching methodology to the level of other world language methodologies such as English, Spanish and German. This work goes in two directs. One explores how to apply research results achieved in C...
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Istvan Kecskes is a Distinguished Professor of the State University of New York, Albany. He is the president of the CASLAR Association and editor in chief of the CASLAR journal. Some of his books like Explorations in Chinese as a Second Language (Springer 2017) and Key Issues in Chinese as a Second Language (Routledge 2017) contributed significantly to research in Chinese as a Second Language.
Hang Zhang is Associate Professor of Chinese Language & Linguistics at the George Washington University, Washington D.C. She has published monographs, journal articles and book chapters on second language phonology and Chinese pedagogy, including Second Language Acquisition of Mandarin Chinese Tones: Beyond First Language Transfer (Brill, 2018).
Hang Zhang is Associate Professor of Chinese Language & Linguistics at the George Washington University, Washington D.C. She has published monographs, journal articles and book chapters on second language phonology and Chinese pedagogy, including Second Language Acquisition of Mandarin Chinese Tones: Beyond First Language Transfer (Brill, 2018).
Istvan Kecskes is a Distinguished Professor of the State University of New York, Albany. He is the president of the CASLAR Association and editor in chief of the CASLAR journal. Some of his books like Explorations in Chinese as a Second Language (Springer 2017) and Key Issues in Chinese as a Seco...
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