English in China : language, identity and culture /

"This volume discusses and explores Chinese identity through the lens of both the Chinese and the English languages. Until the twentieth century, English was a language associated with capitalists and "military aggressors" in China. However, the massive progression of globalisation in...

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Main Author: Fong, Emily Tsz Yan (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2021.
Series:Routledge studies in world Englishes
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Online Access:Taylor & Francis
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Table of Contents:
  • China and 'being Chinese'
  • English in China : education policies, changing roles and Chinese identity
  • 'English learning with Chinese characteristics' or "ti-yong dilemma"?
  • Q methodology : a semi-quantitative approach to discourse analysis
  • Q sort results : an overview of existing discourses about English and 'being Chinese'
  • Grounded theory, keyword approach and critical discourse analysis
  • "When we see a foreigner in the streets, we are no long too surprised as if we see a monster. It's all commonplace now, they are like us as people" : development of a Chinese plus global identity
  • "There used to be a thinking that all countries in the world were very hostile towards China, but after you understand more, it turns out that they are not that hostile" : 'multiple worlds' and 'English-speaking self'
  • Mandarin and plurality of 'being Chinese'
  • 'Being Chinese' in the global world.