by Haidan Wang (Editor), Christine Uber Grosse (Editor)
This
volume presents a series of the most up-to-date studies on Chinese for
Specific Purposes (CSP), an area that has been underrepresented in
Language for Specific Purposes (LSP). Drawing from the insights and
trends in mainstream theoretical and methodological LSP research,
chapters in this volume explore novelties that CSP has developed to
prepare Chinese for professional learners for the global economy. These
encompass:
- needs analysis of less-surveyed high school Business Chinese or CSP academic writing classes
- developments on internationally oriented engineering and internship programs in China
- innovations in Chinese for business or legal materials development and review on textbook pragmatics
- studies on language arts and Chinese language use in specific or business settings
- technology-driven, project-based learning ― or discipline-specific curriculum design.
Robustly
supported by studies and analysis on the global scale, this volume
comprises contributions by professionals from universities across Asia
and the United States, each with decades of expertise in LSP. These
chapters offer critical insights necessary to help LSP researchers and
educators rethink curricula and develop new initiatives for LSP. They
may also serve as transferable operations that enhance the practice of
LSP as a crucial component of second language education.
