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Understanding Transnational 中文 (Zhōngwén/Chinese) Education

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This chapter contextualizes transnational 中文 (Zhōngwén/Chinese) education in Australia by first reviewing transnational 中文 (Zhōngwén/Chinese) education in some major countries and areas where 中文 (Zhōngwén/Chinese) is taught, for example in some countries participated in the Belt and Road Initiative, in some European countries, in the US and Australia. Then 中文 (Zhōngwén/Chinese) education is contextualized in Australia especially by analyzing some relevant literature, starting from a policy perspective. It reveals issues in Australian Chinese education such as inconsistency in classroom instructional language, which paves a way for more studies in the area.

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Han, Y., Ji, X. (2022). Understanding Transnational 中文 (Zhōngwén/Chinese) Education. In: Postmonolingual Transnational Chinese Education. Palgrave Studies in Teaching and Learning Chinese. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-15153-8_2

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