Interculturality,Identity,and Power:Experiences of Volunteer Chinese Teachers at Overseas Confucius Institutes  

作　　者：ZHANG Donghui 

机构地区：[1]School of Education,Renmin University of China,Beijing 100872,China

出　　处：《Frontiers of Education in China》2018年第2期193-215,共23页中国高等学校学术文摘·教育学（英文）

摘　　要：With the rapid expansion of Confucius Institutes globally,the Hanban launched a Volunteer Chinese Teachers(VCT)Program with the purpose of selecting a large number of college graduates and graduate students from Chinese universities to fill vacancies for overseas Chinese teachers.In spite of the multitude of students participating in the program,there has been a paucity of research attention on them.How do these students,most of whom have never been abroad before,manage their life in their host country and negotiate their new role as a VCT in an overseas Confucius Institute?What are their intercultural experiences as they venture into a new country to serve as a native teacher of Chinese?Based on in-depth interviews with a dozen VCTs teaching in linguistically and culturally different contexts,this study seeks to examine the dynamics of interculturality,identity and power relations involved in their overseas language teaching.

关 键 词：Volunteer Chinese Teachers(VCT) Confucius Institute intercultural experiences native teachers of Chinese 

分 类 号：H31[语言文字—英语]