Bilingual Education in China

Anwei Feng lectures and supervises education doctoral students at Durham University mainly in the areas of bilingualism, bilingual education and intercultural studies. He has researched the experience of minority students studying the second and third language in universities in China and the experience of students from Confucian Heritage Cultures on UK campuses. His latest publications include the article ‘An evaluative analysis of parallel conceptions of bilingualism in China’ in IJBEB in 2005 and the book ‘Living and Studying Abroad’ (co-edited with M. Byram, 2006).

• Foreword - Colin Baker1. Introduction - Anwei FengPart I: Policy, Curriculum and Ideological Orientations2. Bilingual or Multilingual Education: Policy and Learner Experience - Agnes S. L. Lam3. Depoliticisation in the English Curriculum - Bob Adamson4. Language in Tibetan Education: The Case of the Neidiban - Gerard Postiglione, Ben Jiao and Manlaji Part II: Varieties in Bilingual Education5. Typology of Bilingualism and Bilingual Education in Chinese Minority Nationality Regions - Qingxia Dai and Yanyan Cheng6. The Juggernaut of Chinese-English Bilingual Education - Guangwei Hu7. Research and Practice of Tibetan-Chinese Bilingual Education - Minggang Wan and Shanxin ZhangPart III: Practices and Underpinning Principles8. Integrated English: A Bilingual Teaching Model in Southern China - Zengjun Feng and Jinjun Wang9. Implementing Language Policy: Lessons from Primary School English - Ellen Yuefeng Zhang and Bob Adamson10. Challenges and Prospects of Minority Bilingual Education: An Analysis of Four Projects - Heidi Cobbey11. Facts and Considerations About Bilingual Education in Chinese Universities - Jiazhen PanPart IV: English Provision for Minority Students12. An Empirical Study of Teachers' Perceptions of Bilingual Teaching in Guangxi - Binlan Huang13. EFL Education in Ethnic Minority Areas in Northwest China: An Investigational Study in Gansu Province - Qiuxia Jiang, Quanguo Liu, Xiaohui Quan and Caiqin Ma Conclusion14. Intercultural Space for Bilingual Education - Anwei Feng

This will be a significant sourcebook for all in Bilingual Education, not only Chinese specialists. It offers new perspectives by juxtaposing different forms of bilingual education and explaining bilingualism in China to readers worldwide.