Teaching and Learning Chinese in Higher Education

Chapter 1 European Benchmarking Chinese Language: Defining the Competences in the Written Language Yang Lu, Lianyi Song Chapter 2 Exploring the Criterion-Validity of HSK Levels 3 and 4: Are Assessments and CEFR Standards Related? Yang Lu Chapter 3 Problematizing Identity Work in CFL Teaching Materials Rugang Lu Chapter 4 Learning Chinese Idioms: A Luxury or Necessity for the Curriculum? Jiaqi F. Guo Chapter 5 An Experimental Study on Teaching Number-Related Chinese Metaphors with Cognitive Deep-Rooted Cultural Input Dian Huang Chapter 6 The Application of a Visual Stimulation Approach for Teaching CFL at Beginner Level Duo Luan Chapter 7 Bootstrapping Learning in a Chinese Beginners' Classroom Ann Devitt, Weiming Liu Chapter 8 The Impact of an Online Grammar Self-Assessment System on CFL Learners and Teachers Lijing Shi Chapter 9 An Analysis of Advanced L2 Chinese Learners' Common Errors and their Perceptions on Errors in Argument-Based Essays Catherine H. Xiang, Yue Ji Chapter 10 The Effect of Instruction on L2 Writing in Chinese: A T-Unit Analysis Shuai Zhao