Learning Chinese as a Heritage Language

A thought-provoking, highly engaging work that has deftly shown how Bourdieusian framework can be applied in the research field of literacy education and Heritage Language learning. A must-read for those interested in overseas Chinese communities and Heritage Language learning across various immigrant communities in general!

-- Liang Du, Beijing Normal University, China

This book is a compelling account of the habitus of Chineseness in a world of mobility. It offers up a plethora of insights into the implication of heritage language learning in the constitution of Chinese identity; it makes available a sophisticated mixed methods approach for using the thinking tools of Pierre Bourdieu; it adds to these tools a nuanced cultural dimension.

-- Karen Dooley, Queensland University of Technology, Australia

In our increasingly trans-migratory world, language can be central to cultural identity. Dr Mu’s research breaks new ground by adapting Bourdieu’s insights to examine how cultural identity (‘Chinese-ness’) is linguistically learned and practiced in Australia. His remarkable book will interest educators and researchers grappling with how language pertains to identity.

-- Tom Strong, University of Calgary, Canada

This book is an excellent aid in highlighting issues that CHLL undergo as they constantly construct and reconstruct their ethnic identity and language learning processes. It can be beneficial to educators, scholars and language learners and will help CHLL educators of language courses construct better courses.

-- Nicholas James Figueroa, University at Albany - SUNY, USA * LINGUIST List 27.28