CLTANT Event - Progress and Prospects for Chinese Language Education in Schools

Progress and Prospects for Chinese Language Education in Schools – focusing on rationale, curriculum, textbooks and language specific pedagogy.

Andrew Scrimgeour is a research fellow at the University of South Australia. He has undertaken research and development of language curriculum and language teacher professional learning since the early 1980s. He currently undertakes research and presents internationally on issues in Chinese language education with a focus on literacy development, and curriculum design for Chinese language learning in schools, including in intensive language learning contexts. He co-authored Teaching Chinese as a Second Language: The Way of the Learner with Dr Jane Orton in 2019.