Rethinking the Asian Language Learning Paradigm in Australia

Kayoko Hashimoto is Senior Lecturer in the School of Languages and Cultures at The University of Queensland, Australia. She is the author or editor of four books, including Japanese Language and Soft Power in Asia (Palgrave Macmillan). She is the language and education thematic editor of Asian Studies Review.

• Chapter 1. Introduction: Rethinking Asian Language Learning Paradigm in Australia (Kayoko Hashimoto).- Chapter 2. Pathways to teaching global languages: Challenges, opportunities, and implications for Asian languages in Australian schools (Naomi Fillmore, Wei-Lin Melody Chang, Des Crump, Samantha Disbray, Kayoko Hashimoto, Michael Haugh and Gari Tudor-Smith).- Chapter 3. Mission impossible: Teachers’ perspectives on teaching and learning Chinese in Queensland secondary schools (Wenying Jiang, Angela Cook, Chunxuan Shen, Anna Mikhaylova, and Hui Richards).- Chapter 4. Australian Curriculum and Chinese-Australian Students – Supporting home language maintenance and development (Wei Wei and Jeffrey Gil).- Chapter 5. Three stories - one wish: Vietnamese families' endeavours in nurturing Vietnamese languages in Australia” (Hao Tran, Duong Nguyen, Thao Thi Phuong Nguyen, and Khanh Linh Chu).- Chapter 6. Korean immigrants’ acculturation in Australia: influencing factors (Min Jung Jee).