Kecskes Istvan (ed.) Explorations into Chinese as a second language

Cham: Springer International Publishing AG 2017. — xvi, 224 p. — (Educational Linguistics, Vol 31) — ISBN: 9783319540276 (eBook).The focus of this book is on linguistics research supporting the understanding of the acquisition, development and use of Chinese as a Second Language. It is not a book about language teaching methodology, it is not a pedagogical guide of how to teach CSL, and it is not even a handbook of CSL that summarizes accomplishments in the field. This is a book that focuses on research that will help both researchers and practitioners better understand the acquisition, development and use of Chinese as a Second Language and the learners of Chinese. Another unique feature of the volume is that each paper makes an attempt to bring together theory and practice by focusing on theory-building based on practice or theory application in practice. It was an important goal to make the book as international as possible. We think that Chinese will become an important language when scholars other than of Chinese origin will investigate and explore the language. In this book we have authors from Australia, Czech Republic, Mainland China, Hungary, Italy, Taiwan, UK, and the USA, among them six authors whose native tongue is not Chinese.