New models, old patterns?

The last few years have seen a change in the paradigm of language teaching and learning with the introduction of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR). In Spain, the CEFR has been implemented for Chinese in the same standardised way as for other languages. This over-strict...

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Autores: Casas-Tost, Helena|||0000-0002-4023-9070, Rovira-Esteva, Sara|||0000-0001-7647-6417
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2014
País:España
Institución:Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB
Idioma:inglés
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https://dx.doi.org/urn:doi:10.1016/j.linged.2014.07.001
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Palabra clave:Chinese as a foreign language
Language curriculum
Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR)
Chinese linguistics
Linguistic ethnocentrism
Chinese pedagogy
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spelling New models, old patterns?The implementation of the Common European Framework for Languages for ChineseCasas-Tost, Helena|||0000-0002-4023-9070Rovira-Esteva, Sara|||0000-0001-7647-6417Chinese as a foreign languageLanguage curriculumCommon European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR)Chinese linguisticsLinguistic ethnocentrismChinese pedagogyThe last few years have seen a change in the paradigm of language teaching and learning with the introduction of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR). In Spain, the CEFR has been implemented for Chinese in the same standardised way as for other languages. This over-strict implementation has not taken into account the particularities of Chinese. Consequently, Chinese has often been distorted in academic curricula to adapt it to this new approach. We question the application of European models to Chinese and the assumption that those models are universally valid, requiring no adjustments. We believe that this assumption reproduces old ways of approaching the Other, based on ethnocentrism, and perpetuates old myths and an orientalist discourse about the Chinese language, which have been criticised for decades by some linguists and should be a thing of the past. We critically analyse current adaptations of the CEFR to Chinese in Spain and suggest alternatives to the prevailing trends in scholarship on Chinese linguistics. We can thus establish models that do not reproduce old-fashioned patterns and attitudes and that enable us to describe Chinese in its own terms. 22014-01-0120142014-01-01Articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501AMhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_ab4af688f83e57aainfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttps://ddd.uab.cat/record/126492https://dx.doi.org/urn:doi:10.1016/j.linged.2014.07.001reponame:Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UABinstname:Universitat Autònoma de BarcelonaInglésengMinisterio de Ciencia e Innovación https://doi.org/10.13039/501100004837 FFI2011-29090open accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2Aquest document està subjecte a una llicència d'ús Creative Commons. Es permet la reproducció total o parcial, la distribució, i la comunicació pública de l'obra, sempre que no sigui amb finalitats comercials, i sempre que es reconegui l'autoria de l'obra original. No es permet la creació d'obres derivades.https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:ddd.uab.cat:1264922026-06-06T12:50:31Z
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The implementation of the Common European Framework for Languages for Chinese
title New models, old patterns?
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Casas-Tost, Helena|||0000-0002-4023-9070
Chinese as a foreign language
Language curriculum
Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR)
Chinese linguistics
Linguistic ethnocentrism
Chinese pedagogy
title_short New models, old patterns?
title_full New models, old patterns?
title_fullStr New models, old patterns?
title_full_unstemmed New models, old patterns?
title_sort New models, old patterns?
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Casas-Tost, Helena|||0000-0002-4023-9070
Rovira-Esteva, Sara|||0000-0001-7647-6417
author Casas-Tost, Helena|||0000-0002-4023-9070
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Rovira-Esteva, Sara|||0000-0001-7647-6417
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Chinese as a foreign language
Language curriculum
Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR)
Chinese linguistics
Linguistic ethnocentrism
Chinese pedagogy
topic Chinese as a foreign language
Language curriculum
Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR)
Chinese linguistics
Linguistic ethnocentrism
Chinese pedagogy
description The last few years have seen a change in the paradigm of language teaching and learning with the introduction of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR). In Spain, the CEFR has been implemented for Chinese in the same standardised way as for other languages. This over-strict implementation has not taken into account the particularities of Chinese. Consequently, Chinese has often been distorted in academic curricula to adapt it to this new approach. We question the application of European models to Chinese and the assumption that those models are universally valid, requiring no adjustments. We believe that this assumption reproduces old ways of approaching the Other, based on ethnocentrism, and perpetuates old myths and an orientalist discourse about the Chinese language, which have been criticised for decades by some linguists and should be a thing of the past. We critically analyse current adaptations of the CEFR to Chinese in Spain and suggest alternatives to the prevailing trends in scholarship on Chinese linguistics. We can thus establish models that do not reproduce old-fashioned patterns and attitudes and that enable us to describe Chinese in its own terms.
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