Post-lingual Chinese Language Learning: Hanzi Pedagogy (palgrave Studies In Teaching And Learning Chinese)
by Jinghe Han /
2017 / English / PDF
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This book presents a thought-provoking challenge to mainstream
theories of second language learning. Focusing on Chinese
Hanzi, a self-sufficient meaning-making system that operates
via visual shape and the logic built into its formation, it
analyses ‘post-lingual’ pedagogy. The author examines this
‘language beyond language’ or linguistic theories,
demonstrating that Hanzi is not made up simply of arbitrary
signs but is the result of a complete conceptualisation
process. In doing so, she creates a conceptual framework that
builds on Hanzi’s humanistic spirit of language learning. This
intriguing book will interest students and scholars of language
education, and offers practical advice for those involved in
teaching and learning Chinese as a foreign
language.
This book presents a thought-provoking challenge to mainstream
theories of second language learning. Focusing on Chinese
Hanzi, a self-sufficient meaning-making system that operates
via visual shape and the logic built into its formation, it
analyses ‘post-lingual’ pedagogy. The author examines this
‘language beyond language’ or linguistic theories,
demonstrating that Hanzi is not made up simply of arbitrary
signs but is the result of a complete conceptualisation
process. In doing so, she creates a conceptual framework that
builds on Hanzi’s humanistic spirit of language learning. This
intriguing book will interest students and scholars of language
education, and offers practical advice for those involved in
teaching and learning Chinese as a foreign
language.