Diversity and Difference: Identity Issues of Chinese Heritage Language Learners from Dialect Backgrounds

Autor/inn/en	Wong, Ka F.; Xiao, Yang
Titel	Diversity and Difference: Identity Issues of Chinese Heritage Language Learners from Dialect Backgrounds
Quelle	In: Heritage Language Journal, 7 (2010) 2, S.153-187 (35 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1550-7076
Schlagwörter	Dialects; Heritage Education; Mandarin Chinese; Self Concept; Second Language Learning; Native Language Instruction; Interviews; Teaching Methods; Second Language Instruction; Language Attitudes; Student Attitudes; Chinese Americans; Biculturalism; Sino Tibetan Languages + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Dialect; Dialekt; Selbstkonzept; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Native language education; Muttersprachlicher Unterricht; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Sprachverhalten; Schülerverhalten; Asian immigrant; Chinese; United States; Asiatischer Einwanderer; Chinesen; USA; Bikulturalität
Abstract	The goal of this study is to explore the identity constructions of Chinese heritage language students from dialect backgrounds. Their experiences in learning Mandarin as a "heritage" language--even though it is spoken neither at home nor in their immediate communities--highlight how identities are produced, processed, and practiced in our postmodern world. Based on 64 interviews with Mandarin learners from various Chinese dialect backgrounds, we present their identity issues in three conceptual categories: imagined community, linguistic hegemony, and language investment. The findings lead us to rethink our pedagogical emphasis to better attend to the concerns of the dialect speakers, and hopefully, to make a contribution to the fast emerging field of Chinese heritage language development. (Contains 6 tables and 24 notes.) (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	National Heritage Language Resource Center and UC Consortium for Language Learning & Teaching. 1333 Rolfe Hall, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1411. Tel: 310-825-1138; Fax: 310-206-5183; e-mail: hlj@international.ucla.edu; Web site: http://www.heritagelanguages.org
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10