Teaching the Chinese Language Remotely

This edited book brings together global perspectives and case studies from five continents to provide an international picture of teaching Chinese remotely. It consists of 15 original chapters by 21 authors from 10 countries. Addressing both practice and research, these chapters collectively offer a comprehensive view of how Chinese language courses worldwide were urgently moved to fully online during the early stages of the Covid-19 pandemic.This edited volume reports fresh and first-hand experiences of Chinese language instructors and students in different countries as well as their perceptions of issues regarding remote teaching and learning in an emergency situation.The book will be of interest to Chinese language teachers and students, as well as scholars with a focus on language education and online teaching and learning more broadly.

Shows how the Chinese language has been taught remotely in different parts of the world Brings together examples of best practice arising from emergency remote learning Includes examples from 10 countries across Asia, Europe, North America, Africa and Oceania

Autorentext

Shijuan Liu is Associate Professor in the Foreign Languages Department at Indiana University of Pennsylvania, USA. She has over 20 years' teaching experience and numerous publications on language education and technology integration,and has received multiple teaching awards and research grants.

Inhalt

1. An Overview.- 2. Behind the Screen: Lessons Learnt from a Chinese Emergency Remote Teaching Experience in Czech Republic.- 3. Emergency Remote Chinese Language Learning at a German University: Student Perceptions.- 4. Learning Chinese Online in the Age of Covid-19: The Cases of Two Italian Universities.- 5. A Blessing in Disguise: The Emergency Remote Teaching of Chinese in University of Cape Town in South Africa.- 6. Online Mandarin Language Teaching and Learning during COVID-19 Pandemic at University of Mauritius in Africa.- 7. Remote Chinese Language Teaching at the University of Queensland During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Reflection from Australia.- 8. Online Chinese Teaching and Learning at Massey University in New Zealand.- 9. Remote Chinese Teaching and Learning at Japanese Universities during the COVID-19 Pandemic.- 10. Synchronous Online Language Teaching: A Reflection from Hong Kong.- 11. Applying Empathy Theory in Online Chinese Language Education: Examples from a Chinese University.- 12. From Flipped/Blended to Fully Online: Lessons Learned and Strategies for the Future.- 13. Instructors'Social, Cognitive, Teaching Presences in Emergency Remote Teaching of Chinese Language in the United States: A Qualitative Study.- 14. Reconfiguration of L2 Chinese Learners' Ecologies of Resources during the COVID-19 Pandemic in China and the US.- 15. Perspectives of Instructors and Students on Online Chinese Teaching and Learning in 2020: Preliminary Findings.