Researching Chinese Language Education

List of contributors

1. Chapter 1: Introduction (Mark Shiu-kee SHUM and Peter MICKAN)

Part I: Research on Pedagogy

2. Chapter 2: Using Functional Grammar to Evaluate Students' Written Performance and its Implications for Teaching (Mark Shiu-kee SHUM)

3. Chapter 3: A Social Semiotic Perspective on Language Teaching: Why Context Matters (Peter MICKAN)

4. Chapter 4: Understanding Teachers' Languaging Dynamics for the Effectiveness of Chinese Language Teaching to Non-Chinese Speaking Students in Hong Kong (Dan SHI and Mark Shiu-kee SHUM)

5. Chapter 5: The Effectiveness of Reading to Learn Methodology to Improve Chinese Descriptive Writing Skills of Non-Chinese Speaking Secondary School Students in Hong Kong (JoJo Wan-shan YUNG)

6. Chapter 6: Effectiveness of Reading to Learn Pedagogy in Improving Chinese Second Language Learners' Reading and Writing Performance of Proposal (Cha-kie HIEW)

Part II: Research on Teaching Materials

7. Chapter 7: Bridging the Gap between the Classroom and the Real World: Using Authentic Texts in the Languages Classroom (Wei QU and Kathy PURVIS)

8. Chapter 8: A Comparative Analysis of Chinese Letters in Chinese Textbooks of Junior Secondary Schools in Mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan (Yan-hua ZHANG)

9. Chapter 9: Learner as Participatory Agent of Material Adaptation: Strategy for Enacting International Mindedness in Mandarin B (Tung-fei LAM)

10. Chapter 10: Text Based Language Teaching Methodology in an IB Diploma Chinese Class (Maggie GU)

Part III: Research on Text Analysis

11. Chapter 11: An Appraisal Analysis of International Mindedness in Chinese Student Written Texts in the IB Diploma Programme (Kwok-ling LAU)

12. Chapter 12: Performance of Students of Diverse Abilities on the Chinese Integrated Language Skills: From Six Students' Written Performance on Chinese Integrated Language Skills in Hong Kong Public Examination (Judy Yuen-mai LAM)

13. Chapter 13: Development of Chinese Narrative Writing Skills in Primary 3 and 6 Students in Hong Kong (Paisley Tsz-mei CHEUNG)

14. Chapter 14: Using Appraisal Theory to Evaluate Primary School Students' Chinese Explanation Writing (Mark Shiu-kee SHUM and Guan-ying LI)

15. Chapter 15: A Systemic Functional Analysis of Second Language Explanatory Writing: A Possible Stance for Writing Assessment (Elizabeth Ka-yee LOH)

Index