Ping Xin
Peking University, China
Ken Chen
Xiamen University, China
Shui Li
Tsinghua University, China
Abstract
In recent years, the field of Chinese for academic purposes teaching and research has witnessed significant growth alongside the increasing number of international students. Chinese for academic purposes, as a prominent branch of Chinese for specific purposes, can be categorized into “Chinese for General Academic Purposes” and “Chinese for Specialized Academic Purposes”. The former encompasses language instruction and research related to reading comprehension, paper writing, and research publication, catering to diverse academic disciplines. The latter specifically concentrates on teaching and research of Chinese language within natural sciences, social sciences, humanities, and other specific fields. Regardless of the classification of Chinese for academic purposes, the fundamental research on language and educational practices have a unified nature. In order to better serve international Chinese language education, improve the quality of teaching and research on Chinese for academic purposes, and contribute to the development of Chinese in the academic field, this special issue has extensively solicited contributions on the teaching and research of Chinese for academic purposes from both domestic and international sources, resulting in the acceptance of 14 articles. These articles highly focus on various aspects of teaching and research on Chinese for academic purposes, covering research on language, education and teaching, textbooks, and writing. A variety of research methods have been employed, reflecting the current frontier trends in teaching and researching Chinese for academic purposes.
This special issue has effectively covered several major aspects of current teaching and research on Chinese for academic purposes. These studies not only reveal new features, trends, and issues in the research of academic Chinese language, but also vividly demonstrate the new situations, challenges, and opportunities faced in academic Chinese teaching. It is hoped that this special issue on teaching and researching Chinese for academic purposes can provide a research window for readers both domestically and internationally who are interested in this topic. Through these research findings, which are based on solid data, thorough analysis, and reliable conclusions, more researchers can gain an understanding of the current state and development of Chinese for academic purposes, enrich the research outcomes in this field, and contribute to international Chinese language education more effectively.
Keywords
Chinese for academic purposes, teaching and researching, international Chinese language education
DOI: https://doi.org/10.46451/ijclt.20250101Click "Read More" to download the full paper.