Introduction: Contexts for Researching Chinese Learners

Abstract

This book has a broad focus on three themes related to Chinese learners: teaching and learning in classrooms in China, the intercultural adaptation of Chinese learners in international contexts of education, and the application of a range of research approaches and methodologies. These themes are discussed and illustrated below. The book should be of interest to those concerned with issues in teaching and learning in higher education, specifically in education in China and of Chinese students internationally; to students and teachers in applied linguistics and language learning, to those concerned with intercultural adaptation and how internationalization affects learners and teachers; and to researchers and students involved in the application and combination of different research approaches and methods, including some more innovative methods, to studies of learners. The book is also relevant to those with an interest in comparative education, since teaching and learning in China is implicitly compared with that found in other countries in many chapters.