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Together, we considered new directions in Chinese language teaching and learning, new possibilities and tools for the analysis of narrative and linguistic data, and changing sociopolitical and institutional contexts for Chinese education. These events allowed us to better understand the state of the art in Chinese language education research. In particular, through their funding of our (then) Centre coordinator, Rachel Wang, we were able to sponsor various research and educational activities such as academic symposia and short courses. We are extremely grateful for their crucial infrastructure support, which enabled us to conduct the study. During the three years in which the research and writing of this book were undertaken, CRCLLE received generous funding from The Oﬃce of Chinese Language Council International (also known as Hanban) in China.

All three were instrumental in the establishment of the Centre and shared a vision of what could be achieved in that unique physical, intellectual, and socio-educational space. Among these, especially, are our former Dean, Rob Tierney, former Department Head, Geoﬀ Williams, and current CRCLLE codirector, Duanduan Li. First of all, as the inaugural project of the Centre for Research in Chinese Language and Literacy Education (CRCLLE) at the University of British Columbia, numerous colleagues associated with CRCLLE deserve our deep thanks for their enthusiastic support and interest. Here we would like to acknowledge some of the people and institutions that have supported our work and also clarify some of our choices or conventions in the text with respect to our use of Chinese orthography and references to Mandarin and to diﬀerent Chinese-speaking regions. KG, Göttingen ♾ Printed on acid-free paper Printed in Germany Preface This book represents the commitment of many people to understanding the fascinating process of learning and using Chinese as an additional language.

6 2013 Walter de Gruyter, Inc., Boston/Berlin Cover image: Roswitha Schacht/morgueﬁle.com Typesetting: RoyalStandard, Hong Kong Printing and binding: Hubert & Co. Bibliographic information published by the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek The Deutsche Nationalbibliothek lists this publication in the Deutsche Nationalbibliograﬁe detailed bibliographic data are available in the Internet at. ISBN 978-1-93 e-ISBN 978-1-93 ISSN 1868-6362 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data A CIP catalog record for this book has been applied for at the Library of Congress. Linguistic, Sociocultural, and Narrative Perspectives Patricia Duﬀ, Tim Anderson, Roma Ilnyckyj, Ella VanGaya, Rachel Tianxuan Wang, Elliott Yates

Duﬀ, Anderson, Ilnyckyj, VanGaya, Wang, Yates Learning Chinese

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