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Chinese As A Foreign Language In The K-12 Education System Of The United States: Challenges And Opportunities, Joseph Colin Miller
Chinese As A Foreign Language In The K-12 Education System Of The United States: Challenges And Opportunities, Joseph Colin Miller
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This paper examines the state of the Chinese as a Foreign Language (CFL) education system in the United States at the K-12 level. The approach to this research first demonstrates the importance of Chinese language expertise to the United States government as well as to private citizens in light of economic opportunities and national security interests. After establishing the relevance of engagement with China on multiple levels and therefore the appropriateness of learning Chinese (specifically Mandarin, but also Cantonese), the focus turns to the institutional and pedagogical aspects of K-12 Chinese education. On the institutional level, CFL programs are spreading …