Teaching and Researching Chinese EFL/ESL Learners in Higher Education

<p>China has attached great importance to teaching students to become proficient users of English. Yet despite a plethora of studies and practice on Chinese ESL/EFL (English as a second/foreign language) learners the large student population its complicated composition and the complex nature of second and foreign language learning have rendered it difficult to offer a panoramic view on ESL/EFL teaching and learning of Chinese learners.</p><p>This book provides a new and up-to-date perspective on the teaching and learning of Chinese ESL/EFL learners. The book collects 15 case studies falling into two parts—Curriculum Development and Teaching Practice and Skills-Based Research. The collected studies deploy qualitative quantitative or mixed methods to explore patterns features developments and causes and effects of a variety of issues in the sphere of ESL/EFL teaching and learning. Moreover the cases offer insights that are relevant beyond the mainland Chinese context such as Hong Kong Macau Britain and Australia.</p><p>Students and scholars of TESOL and applied linguistics will be interested in this title.</p>