Call for papers

Teaching Chinese as an International Language in the Time of COVID: Opportunities, Innovations and Development

The 18th International Conference on Teaching and Learning Chinese in Higher Education

The 2021 Annual International Conference of the British Chinese Language Teaching Society (BCLTS)

5-7 July 2021 (virtual)

Organised by the British Chinese Language Teaching Society (BCLTS)
Hosted and Co-organised by the Confucius Institute, Bangor University, UK

We invite the submission of full papers or abstracts for conference oral presentation (20-30 minutes).In addition, we also welcome proposals for workshops (60-90 minutes) and panel discussions (60 -90 minutes).. We warmly welcome practitioners, teachers and scholars from both within and outside Chinese studies, culture studies, translation studies, Chinese linguistics and language pedagogy, to exhibit and share knowledge, expertise, research and experience and to give guidance and inspiration to the practice and research of Chinese language teaching and learning. The conference will utilise varied formats and methods such as presentations, forums, workshops, and panel discussions, as well as online social events. All papers submitted will be peer-reviewed and excellent papers will have the opportunity to be published in noted journals.

Topics included but not limited to:

• Innovation and creativity in Chinese pedagogy under COVID
• Technology-enhanced Chinese teaching and learning
• Second language acquisition and the learning of Chinese
• Teaching Chinese in diverse contexts:
• social and political changes and impacts, e.g., Brexit
• as a community or heritage language in non-Chinese speaking environments
• in schools, e.g., the Mandarin Excellence Programmes (MEP)
• in other institutional settings, e.g., Confucius Institute, Language Centre, informal educational settings, private sectors and so on
• Chinese language teachers’ professional development, training and career support
• Cross-cultural and intercultural communication in Chinese teaching and learning
• Chinese language textbooks, learning materials and picture books – preparation, compilation and application
• Translation and Literature in Chinese language teaching and learning
• Teaching Chinese for Specific Purposes, e.g., Business Chinese, Tourism Chinese and Academic Chinese

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