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