Improving the teaching of Chinese speaking of young students from English-speaking families: Teacher’s professional development

Jing YAN; Hock Huan GOH; Hong Xia ZHOU

doi:10.1007/978-981-10-8860-5_5

Improving the teaching of Chinese speaking of young students from English-speaking families: Teacher’s professional development

Jing YAN, Hock Huan GOH, Hong Xia ZHOU

Department of Chinese Language Studies (CHL)

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Abstract

This article highlights the recent shift in the teaching of Chinese Language in Singapore from its traditional emphasis on oral communication. It looks into the Chinese Language teachers’ beliefs, teaching strategies, and difficulties encountered in implementing the change. The research team design lessons plans which were implemented by purposively selected teachers in five schools. Teachers were observed and interviewed, and multiple case studies were reported. Copyright © 2018 Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Teaching Chinese language in Singapore: Efforts and possibilities
Editors	Kay Cheng SOH
Place of Publication	Singapore
Publisher	Springer
Pages	65-82
ISBN (Electronic)	9789811088605
ISBN (Print)	9789811088599
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-8860-5_5
Publication status	Published - 2018

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Yan, J., Goh, H. H., & Zhou, H. X. (2018). Improving the teaching of Chinese speaking of young students from English-speaking families: Teacher’s professional development. In K. C. Soh (Ed.), Teaching Chinese language in Singapore: Efforts and possibilities (pp. 65-82). Singapore: Springer.

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