Learning and Teaching Chinese as a First Language

Covering new trends in the learning and teaching of Chinese, the authors conduct a critical investigation of the complex field of language education in the context of learning and teaching Chinese, and effective first language teaching.

Sin Manw Sophia Lam is an Assistant Professor Department of Chinese Language Studies at the Education University of Hong Kong. John Chi-Kin Lee is President and Chair Professor of Curriculum and Instruction, Director of Academy for Education Development and Innovation and UNESCO Chair of Regional Education Development and Lifelong Learning at the Education University of Hong Kong. Chung Mou Si is a Professor (Practice) in the Department of Chinese Language Studies at the Education University of Hong Kong.

1. Introduction Part One: Teaching Chinese in Greater China 2. A Review of the Development of Language Teaching and Learning in Hong Kong in the Past Fifty Years 3. New Trends in Mainland China's Language Teaching Development 4. Analysis of the Key Learning Contents and Performance Indicators of the Mandarin Curriculum and Teaching in Taiwan Part Two: Chinese L1 Curriculum, Pedagogy, and Assessment 5. Differences in the Relationships between Executive Functions, Reading Engagement and Reading Comprehension between Primary Students from Grade 3 and Grade 5 6. Integration of Poetic Prosody for Effective Digital Chinese Teaching 7. Perceptions of Motivational Strategies Among Pre-Service Chinese Language Teachers 8. Technology-enhanced Chinese language teaching and learning Part Three: New trends in Chinese L1 learning and teaching 9. Innovative Practices of Teaching Classical Chinese Vocabulary: from Etymology to Semantic System 10. Life and Moral Education and Chinese Language Education: Trends and Prospects in the Greater China Region 11. Transprofessional identity of L1 Chinese language teachers in changing multilingual contexts 12. Towards Promoting Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) in Chinese language teaching: Insights from Hong Kong