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Conflict and Communication: A Changing Asia in a Globalizing World
English Fever: Problematising Language Proficiency Testing in South Korea
Introduction
Testing in South Korea
Concerns about Success in Language Proficiency Scores
Impact of Current Approach to English Language Testing in South Korea and Washback
Discussion and Conclusion
Acknowledgments
References
The Development of Confucius Institutes and Some Implications for Language Centres in European Higher Education
Introduction
Expansion of Confucius Institutes
Early Years
Structure and Management of Confucius Institutes
Growth in Number of Confucius Institutes
The Role and Impact of ‘Soft Power’
Growth of Language Centres in European Higher Education
Increased Demand for Foreign Languages
The Rise of University Language Centres
The Emergence of Language Centres in European Higher Education
Teaching Chinese in European Higher Education
Towards Cooperation and Collaboration
Multilingual and Monolingual Perspectives
Chinese Language Teacher Education
Creating Cross-Language Associative Structures
Conclusion
References
The Creation of an Active Learning Context for a Chinese Class
Introduction
Literature Review
Coteaching
Learner Autonomy
The Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD)
Methodology
Data Presentation
Group Solidarity
Language Learning
Discussion
The Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD)
Learner Autonomy as Coteachers
Conclusion
References
The Translation of Gender Representation in Keyes’s Watermelon and Ahern’s PS. I Love You into Vietnamese
Background to the Chapter
Gender Representation in Contemporary Female Popular Fiction
Translation as a Form of Representation
Methodology
Selection of Material for Analysis
The Representation of Women and Its Translation
Appearance and Personality
Women and Work
The Representation of Men and Translation
Conclusion
References
An Investigation of Chinese National Cinema through the Representation of Nationalism in Chinese Martial Arts Films
Introduction
Nationalism in Chinese Martial Arts Films
Martial Arts Cinema during the 1920s and 1930s
The Revival of Martial Arts Films in the 1930s and 1940s
Martial Arts Pictures in Hong Kong and Taiwan from the 1950s to the 1970s
The Return of Martial Arts Films to Mainland China in the 1980s and 1990s
Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon: Before and After
References
Re-Routing Intercultural Theatre?: A Chinese Perspective on the Royal Shakespeare Company’s The Orphan
An Overview of Intercultural Theatre Since the 20th Century
The RSC’s Adaptation of The Orphan
White Skin, Yellow Masks: The Shift of Socio-Cultural Background
Aesthetic Alteration and Its Discontent
Coda
References
A Place for Translation Technologies in Disaster Settings: The Case of the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake
Introduction
Overview of Translation Technologies
Outline of the 2011 Disaster
Literature Review
Methodology
Findings
Linguistic Mediation Was Needed
Developing Situation Awareness Was Key
Mediation of Live Speech by Volunteers Featured Frequently
Television Networks and Local Government Played a Key Role
Lack of Mediation, Consistency, and Speed Were Problems
Discussion
Some Reasons Translation Technology Use Was Limited
Television and Online News Was a Likely Focus for Translation Technology
Use Translation Technology to Encourage Volunteer Collaboration
Use TMs to Support Local Government Efforts
Future Developments
Conclusions and Future Work
References
The View from Asian Writing Systems: Eye Movement Control in Reading Thai and Chinese
Introduction
Eye Movements in Reading
Landing Site Distributions
Unspaced Writing Systems
Thai
Chinese
The Role of Spaces
A Modelling Approach
Thai Data
Chinese Data
Data Preprocessing
Results
Modelling Details
Discussion
References
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