2015
Description
China, with the world's largest population, numerous ethnic groups and vast geographical space, is also rich in languages. Since 2006, China's State Language Commission has been publishing annual reports on what is called "language life" in China. These reports cover language policy and planning invitatives at the national, provincial and local levels, new trends in language use in a variety of social domains, and major events concerning languages in mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan. Now for the first time, these reports are available in English for anyone interested in Chinese languge and linguistics, China's language, education and social policies, as well as everyday language use among the ordinary people in China. The invaluable data contained in these reports provide an essential reference to researchers, professionals, policy makers, and China watchers.
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Persons
Li Yuming , Ministry of Education, China; Li Wei, UCL Institute of Education, University College London, UK.
Content
- Intro
- Contents
- Editorial Teams of the English Edition
- Introduction. 1 The language situation in China: 2014
- Part I Special report
- 2 One decade of The Language Situation in China
- 3 Ten years of language monitoring and research in China
- Part II Special focuses
- 4 Promoting mutual enhancement of language ability, furthering human development and social progress - Address at the opening ceremony of the International Conference on Language
- 5 Enhancing language ability and education for the 21st century - Address at the opening ceremony of the International Conference on Language
- 6 Modern interpretations of language functions: cross-civilizational dialogue, narrowing divides, and building new humanism - Address at the plenary session of the International Conference on Language
- 7 Enhancing language ability and promoting civilizational exchanges - Address at the plenary session of the International Conference on Language
- 8 Making greater contributions to the enhancement of humanity's language ability and the progress of human civilization - Address at the closing ceremony of the International Conference on Language
- 9 Conclusions of the International Conference on Language (Suzhou Conclusions) (June 6, 2014, Suzhou, China)
- Part III Special fields
- 10 Diverse and colorful National Reading
- 11 Overview of recent writing tasks on the Senior Secondary Entrance Examination
- 12 Survey of the state of practical writing studies among Nanjing primary school students
- 13 Survey of the state of language among new and earlier rural migrant workers
- 14 The state of banking language services
- 15 Survey of the state of research and use of minority sign languages
- 16 Survey of sign language comprehension in the CCTV program Focus On
- 17 Survey of language in public service announcements in Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou
- 18 Survey of language use in white and color papers
- 19 Report on language phenomena on the Chinese Internet
- 20 State of development of the Confucius Institutes
- 21 State of development of overseas Chinese education
- Part IV Hot topics
- 22 Galvanizing reforms to foreign languages on the college entrance examination
- 23 Internet language norms incite heated debate
- 24 English slang with "Chinese intonation"
- Part V Words and passages
- 25 Characters and words of 2014 as mementos of history
- 26 Hot topics in society among the neologisms of 2014
- 27 China and the world in the popular phrases of 2014
- 28 The grassroots diversity of Internet slang in 2014
- 29 The powerful impact of shilian
- 30 Words that have experienced "expressional" changes in recent years
- Part VI Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan
- 31 Language education in Hong Kong primary and secondary schools
- 32 The media of instruction at institutions of higher education in Macau
- 33 The state of language life in Taiwan (2014)
- Appendices
- I Language-related content in the official documents of other national ministries and commissions
- II Recommended Chinese translations of foreign-language terms (batches 1-3)
- III The first batch of terms for the "Project for the Translation and Communication of Key Concepts in Chinese Culture and Thought"
- IV Chronology of major events in language life 2014
- Index
