Soft Power and the Worldwide Promotion of Chinese Language Learning

The Confucius Institute Project

Jeffrey Gil (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

144 Seiten

2017
Multilingual Matters (Verlag)
978-1-78309-805-7 (ISBN)

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This book evaluates China’s attempts to exert soft power through the Confucius Institutes and other language-related activities. Although these have enhanced Chinese language learning and teaching, they have not necessarily improved China’s standing on the global stage. The author examines the reasons for this and its implications.

‘The Confucius Institute Project’ – consisting of Confucius Institutes and Classrooms, the posting of Chinese language teachers to overseas schools and universities and the Chinese Bridge language competition – represents an attempt by China to extend its influence globally through the use of soft power. Facilitated by a rapidly increasing demand for Chinese language learning, it has established a presence across the globe and made valuable contributions to the learning and teaching of Chinese. However, this has not necessarily led to an increasingly positive view of China, either at a political or a societal level. Through an analysis of official documents, interviews with those involved, a survey of Chinese-language learners and a study of academic and media sources, the author evaluates the aims of the project, and discusses whether these aims are being met.

Jeffrey Gil is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Languages and Applied Linguistics, Flinders University, Australia. His research interests include Chinese foreign policy and Chinese as a foreign language.

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Conventions for Chinese Terms and Chinese Names

Acknowledgements

Chapter 1: Introduction: Language, Culture and China’s Rise in a Globalising World

Chapter 2: Chinese Culture Goes Global: Soft Power and the Promotion of Chinese Language Learning

Chapter 3: Mapping the Confucius Institute Project: High Extensity, Intensity and Velocity

Chapter 4: Evaluating the Confucius Institute Project: Impact at the State-to-State Level

Chapter 5: Evaluating the Confucius Institute Project: Impact at the Society-to-Society Level

Chapter 6: Conclusions and Implications

References

Interviews

Index

Erscheinungsdatum	12.08.2017
Reihe/Serie	Multilingual Matters
Verlagsort	Bristol
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Gewicht	363 g
Themenwelt	Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Wörterbuch / Fremdsprachen
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Sprachwissenschaft
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Europäische / Internationale Politik
ISBN-10	1-78309-805-8 / 1783098058
ISBN-13	978-1-78309-805-7 / 9781783098057
Zustand	Neuware