Learning Chinese: Who and Why? providing an intellectual forum for the discussions of variable linguistic realities of Chinese language, challenging the ways people teach and study Chinese and reexamining the studies of Chinese linguistic trends and practices in a globalized world. These objectives are inspired by the fact that Chinese language learners and users come from diverse social, political, and cultural background. We expect that this conference will bring together multidisciplinary researches and perspectives on the social, cognitive, pedagogic aspects and linguistic impacts of the use and the teaching of Chinese.
Call for Papers
Papers are invited on the following sub themes:
- Chinese as an International Language
- Chinese as a Language in Business
- Chinese for Academic Purposes
- Chinese Language as an Identity Marker
- Chinese as a Heritage Language
- Chinese Language and National Resilience
Keynote Speaker
- Chang-Yau Hoon 云昌耀
Associate Professor of Anthropology, Institute of Asian Studies | University of
Brunei Darussalam
- Pan Wenguo 潘文国 (awaiting confirmation)
Professor, East China Normal University, China
- Liao Enxi 廖恩喜
Associate Professor, College of International Culture and Education, Guangxi
Normal University, China
- Liu Hui 刘惠
Associate Professor, College of Chinese Language and Literature, Guangxi
Normal University, China
- Han Ming 韩明
Professor, College of Chinese Language and Literature, Guangxi Normal
University, China
- Esther Kuntjara 谢菊花
Professor, Faculty of Letters, Petra Christian University, Indonesia