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China's assimilationist language policy : the impact on indigenous/minority literacy and social harmony / edited by Gulbahar H. Beckett and Gerard A. Postiglione

Beckett, Gulbahar H. ; Postiglione, Gerard A.

London : Routledge, 2012

xi, 231 p.

Englisch

China's Assimilationist Language Policy The impact on indigenous/minority literacy and social harmony; Copyright; Contents; List of illustrations; Notes on contributors; Acknowledgments; PART I: Background and historical review; 1 China's language policy for indigenous and minority education; 2 Historical review of the PRC's minority/indigenous language policy and practice: nation-state building and identity construction; PART II: Empirical research studies; 3 The development of minority education and the practice of bilingual education in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region

4 A brief report on bilingual education for the Dongxiangs: a new initiative5 China's minorities without written scripts: the case of education access among the Dongxiang; 6 Bilingual education in China: the case of Yunnan; 7 Language hegemony in its relation to Chinese marriage migrants' mothers' adaptations to and educational involvements in Taiwan; 8 The influence of cultural and linguistic backgrounds on the social and academic adjustment of students at an ethnic minority university in China; 9 Language issues in Chinese higher education: the case of Korean and Mongol minority groups

PART III: Theoretical, ideological, and legal issues10 Chinese-English bilingual education in the PRC: implications for language education for autochthonous ethnic minorities; 11 From neo-liberal ideology to critical sustainability theory for language policy studies in the PRC; 12 Minority language rights and education in China: the relevance of human rights law and substantive equality; Index

Description based upon print version of record

Print version: China's Assimilationist Language Policy : The Impact on Indigenous/Minority Literacy and Social Harmony

0-203-80407-4 ; 0-415-59605-X ; 978-0-203-80407-0 ; 978-0-415-59605-3 ; 978-1-136-63808-4

978-0-415-59605-3 (ISBN der Printausgabe)

2011010380

Online-Ausg.

2011

Available via World Wide Web

P119.32.C6

LOC-SH: Electronic books

Language policy - China ; Electronic books

Includes bibliographical references and index

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China has huge ethnic minorities -- over 40 different groups with a total population of over 100 million. Over time China's policies towards minority languages have varied, changing from policies which have accommodated minority languages to policies which have encouraged integration. At present integrationist policies predominate, notably in the education system, where instruction in minority languages is being edged out in favour of instruction in Mandarin Chinese. This book assesses the current state of indigenous and minority language policy in China. It considers especially language polic