This
book studies the development of Chinese teaching in the United States and
introduces the 140-year development of Chinese teaching in this country from a
diachronic perspective. Through on-the-spot investigation and data collection,
it makes an in-depth analysis of the teaching situation of the Chinese
departments at ten typical American universities and five typical American
Chinese programs in China from a synchronic perspective. It not only provides
readers with realistic and evidence-based information on the teaching situation
of Chinese language in the United States, but also introduces the policies and
measures taken by the Chinese and American governments to promote Chinese
teaching, which helps readers to understand the influence of the governments in
promoting Chinese teaching from a macro perspective. On this basis, the book analyzes and predicts
the future development trend of Chinese teaching in the United States, which
will provide detailed data and information for experts and scholars studying
Chinese teaching in the United States.
Gu Licheng, a Professor at the Department of
Asian Languages and Cultures, Northwestern University, has taught Chinese
courses at various levels and Chinese literature courses respectively at
Middlebury College and Princeton University and has unique views on teaching
Chinese to foreign citizens of Chinese origin. Besides papers, the monologues
he wrote include Learning Chinese
Characters through Pictures and Learning
Chinese with Lulu and Maomao. Prof. Gu is interested in the methods of
teaching Chinese as a foreign language and the history of Chinese immigrants to
the United States.
Target Audience: Teachers and students in the fields of international
Chinese language teaching and teaching Chinese as a foreign language (TCFL);
experts and scholars studying Chinese teaching in the USA; people who want to
teach Chinese in the United States.