Learning Chinese in a Multilingual Space

Peiru Tong is a lecturer in the Institute of Education Sciences, Wuhan University. She completed her Ph.D. in the Department of Chinese Studies, School of Languages and Cultures, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, the University of Sydney. She has been teaching Chinese language and culture units for many years. Her research interests include teaching Chinese as a second/foreign language, ecological perspective on language education, intercultural and international education, computer-assisted language learning, and multilingual education.Linda Tsung is Professor of Multilingual Education and Associate Dean in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, the University of Sydney. Her research expertise is on teaching Chinese as a second/foreign language, multilingualism, multilingual education and indigenous and minority education, topics on which she has published extensively. She has undertaken much research on the acquisition of Chinese, multilingualism and multilingual education in China, Hong Kong and Australia over many years.

• Chapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. Settings and Interaction Opportunities in the SA Program.- Chapter 3. Language Affordances and Emergence: Authentic Language Use in the SA Program.- Chapter 4. The Cultural, Intercultural and Symbolic Dimensions of SA.- Chapter 5. The Influence of Identity and Self-Concept on Personalised Trajectories of SA.- Chapter 6. An Ecological Approach to SA: Theoretical and Methodological Perspectives.