环球中医药Pub Date : 2021-03-19DOI: 10.1515/glochi-2021-0001
S. Ting, Su-Lin Ting
{"title":"The Foochow Chinese: moving towards a pan-Chinese identity anchored to Mandarin","authors":"S. Ting, Su-Lin Ting","doi":"10.1515/glochi-2021-0001","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1515/glochi-2021-0001","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract The study investigated the use of Mandarin and Chinese dialects, and attitudes towards these languages among the Foochow living in Sibu, Sarawak, Malaysia. The study involved 408 Foochow respondents (204 children, 204 parents). As most of the respondents’ close friends, neighbours and colleagues were Foochow, and Chinese in general, Foochow and Mandarin were the two main languages used, but English, Malay and Iban were sometimes used with people from other ethnic groups. More parents felt at ease speaking Foochow in all situations but more children felt that it is nothing special to speak their dialect. The most cherished and emotionally expressive language for the parents was Foochow but for their children, it was Mandarin. More parents were aware of cultural associations and activities than their children. They believed that the use of Chinese dialects will decrease in future and intergenerational transmission of the dialect is important. Yet they were still looking to cultural associations and the government to promote their culture and dialect. The study indicated that the markers for membership of their Chinese dialect group are ancestry, language, living among people from the same dialect group, cultural practices and religion.","PeriodicalId":12769,"journal":{"name":"环球中医药","volume":"39 6 1","pages":"1 - 27"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-03-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"87674899","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
环球中医药Pub Date : 2021-03-19DOI: 10.1515/glochi-2021-0002
A. Paciocco
{"title":"Chinese maintenance and shift among Chinese migrant youth in Prato (Italy) and its connectedness with new formations of Chinese identity","authors":"A. Paciocco","doi":"10.1515/glochi-2021-0002","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1515/glochi-2021-0002","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract In view of theory sustaining that there is a nexus between linguistic repertoire, language and social identity, and that habitual language choice is not haphazard, this study explores the habitual use of Chinese – hence Chinese language maintenance (CHLM) – among multilingual Chinese migrant youth in Prato (Italy) to understand the social meaning embedded in it. The youth are multilingual; they speak Chinese and Italian. They exhibit CHLM with parents, as parents are not competent speakers of Italian. Some of the youth who are speakers of Italian, speak Chinese with peers, hence exhibiting CHLM within their generational cohort; while others do not, hence exhibiting Chinese language shift (CHLS). Oral data in which the youth self-present, report on others with whom they share social space, and talk about CHLM indicate that youth who speak Chinese with peers are not integrated into mainstream society; conversely, youth who are integrated shift to speaking Italian with peers. The analysis evidences that the youth’s integration is influenced by their social identity formation and other variables; such as their migration history, Chinese demographics in Prato and language ideology. Further, this study reveals that the youth are characterised by heterogeneity and that it is hierarchically ordered, heterogeneity and hierarchical ordering being indexed by the youth’s CHLM/CHLS and their alignment/disalignment with others that feature in their social space. This finding evidences that different enactments of Chinese identity are developing among Chinese migrant youth in Prato, thus de-essentialising Chinese identity. This study is wide reaching since it contributes to research on CHLM, the social identity formation of Chinese migrant youth populations, as well as new forms of Chinese identity emerging outside of the PRC. Data was analysed using the talk-in-interaction method of narrative analysis that studies oral narratives in which tellers seek to make sense of their human experience.","PeriodicalId":12769,"journal":{"name":"环球中医药","volume":"20 1","pages":"29 - 55"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-03-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"88978691","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
环球中医药Pub Date : 2020-09-01DOI: 10.1515/glochi-2020-0016
Clay Williams, Yuko Uchima
{"title":"Differentiation of radical processing strategies in character decoding by L2 learners of Chinese according to L1-type","authors":"Clay Williams, Yuko Uchima","doi":"10.1515/glochi-2020-0016","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1515/glochi-2020-0016","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract This study investigates the productive use of semantic and phonetic radicals for Chinese character decoding by Chinese as a foreign language (CFL) learners at different levels of L2 proficiency, focusing on the application of radical knowledge according to the learners’ L1 language families. Using a pseudo-word test developed by Williams, Clay. 2014. The development of intra-character radical awareness in L1 Chinese children: Changing strategies. Journal of the Chinese Language Teachers Association 49(2). 1–26 to measure subject preference for semantic versus phonological decoding processes, subjects are asked to match a provided definition and pronunciation with a character in a multiple choice format which included two pseudo characters designed with radicals which corresponded with the provided definition or pronunciation, respectively. The results demonstrate that reliance on semantic or phonological radicals for character identification varies according to the L1 of the CFL learners; subjects whose L1 is relatively orthographically transparent predominantly make use of phonological processing strategies at all levels of proficiency, whereas those whose L1 are more orthographically opaque demonstrate more malleable processing preferences, with relatively strong semantic radical reliance in the early stage of their language learning, and considerable variability between semantic and phonological processing at intermediate and advanced proficiency levels. The findings suggest that developmental trends of using radical decoding strategies differ among CFL learner groups with varying L1 literacy strategy preferences.","PeriodicalId":12769,"journal":{"name":"环球中医药","volume":"34 1","pages":"313 - 331"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"85842088","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
环球中医药Pub Date : 2020-09-01DOI: 10.1515/glochi-2020-0014
K. Zhao
{"title":"Localising Chinese language curriculum construction: A case study in an Australian primary school","authors":"K. Zhao","doi":"10.1515/glochi-2020-0014","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1515/glochi-2020-0014","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Chinese is now the second most commonly spoken language in Australia. There is a growing interest in learning Chinese in local schools. However, it is reported that the principally English-speaking learners in Australia have great difficulties and challenges in learning Chinese. The high dropout rate in Chinese courses demonstrates this. This paper presents a case study conducted in a local public school in New South Wales. The purpose of this study is to explore and employ the local students’ daily recurring sociolinguistic activities, performed in English at school, for creating suitable learning content. In this way, a localised Chinese curriculum is constructed in the Australian educational environment. The case study shows that the local students’ translanguaging aptitudes between English and Chinese are developing and becoming influential, as they have engaged in learning Chinese in the form of a local practice – playing chess, which is a typical instance of their daily recurring sociolinguistic activities in school. Therefore, in the process of such contextualised learning practices, not only can Chinese be made learnable for them, but also the specific vocabulary learnt can be the basis for their wider learning of Chinese in the future.","PeriodicalId":12769,"journal":{"name":"环球中医药","volume":"46 1","pages":"263 - 288"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"80463195","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
环球中医药Pub Date : 2020-09-01DOI: 10.1515/glochi-2020-0012
Boning Lyu, Chun Lai
{"title":"Interacting with native speakers of Chinese through online learning communities: A case study with East Asian learners","authors":"Boning Lyu, Chun Lai","doi":"10.1515/glochi-2020-0012","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1515/glochi-2020-0012","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Online language learning communities play an important role in providing learners of Chinese as a second language (CSL) with access to authentic language opportunities to communicate with native speakers of Chinese. However, few studies have examined CSL learners’ self-initiated naturalistic interactions with native speakers of Chinese on such platforms. This current study aims at filling this research gap by examining five East Asia CSL adult learners’ interactions with native speakers of Chinese in an informal learning context on an instruction-oriented social-networking based learning community. Adopting Henri’s (1992) analytic framework to understand the interactions between online learners from both cognitive and social dimensions, it finds that different types of interactions with native speakers of Chinese influenced learners’ differently. The study provides suggestions to CSL teachers as well as educational technology designers on how to maximize the benefits of online learning communities for CSL learners in their informal language learning beyond the classroom.","PeriodicalId":12769,"journal":{"name":"环球中医药","volume":"7 1","pages":"215 - 235"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"88358738","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}