Teaching Chinese Language in Singapore Efforts and Possibilities
This book presents the experiences of Chinese Language researchers in Singapore to Chinese Language researchers and teachers in other countries and regions, such as the USA, the UK and Asia, that are home to a large number of learners, young and old. As s
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Teaching Chinese Language in Singapore Efforts and Possibilities
Teaching Chinese Language in Singapore
Kay Cheng Soh Editor
Teaching Chinese Language in Singapore Efforts and Possibilities
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Editor Kay Cheng Soh Singapore Singapore
ISBN 978-981-10-8859-9 ISBN 978-981-10-8860-5 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-8860-5
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Foreword
The Singapore Centre for Chinese Language (SCCL) was established in 2008 as Singapore’s sole government-mandated research organization entrusted to study the teaching and learning of Chinese Language. It is endowed with the following mission: To provide quality training in pedagogy and research, to enhance the learning of Chinese Language and culture, and to establish Singapore’s brand name in Chinese Language teaching.
And, with this mission, the Centre aspires to become: A Centre of Excellence for the learning, teaching, and educational research of the Chinese Language in a bilingual context.
Over the years since its establishment, the Centre has conducted numerous practice-oriented in-service courses for Chinese Language teachers to meet their updating needs in teaching methodologies. It also mounted master’s and doctoral programs for the study of Chinese Language pedagogies in collaboration with The University of Hong Kong. Besides, the Centre published many series of research-based instructional materials for use by students in the classroom and monographs on teaching methodologies for teachers. The research staff at the Centre ha
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