This collection of articles begins with an overview of the Reviews from past decades, then goes on to describe the current practices, and foretells the possible future developments. This is followed by a discussion of the use of ICT and surveys on several professional aspects of teaching, including teachers' training needs and perception of student difficulties, assessment literacy, familiarity and use of language teaching strategies, as well as perceived social status and job satisfaction. The book ends with an extensive discussion of bilingualism and code-switching as well as the teaching of Chinese culture in Singapore schools. The comprehensive coverage provides a milestone in Chinese Language teaching in the multi-lingual context of Singapore.

Takes stock of what has happened in Chinese Language teaching in Singapore over the past 50 year Foretells what could and need be done for effective Chinese Language teaching in Singapore if the persistent problems are to be solved, even partially Highlights the conditions under which Chinese Language is taught, and has implications for instruction and the development of learning devices

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Preface.- Part I: Policy and Curriculum.- Chapter 1 The Past: A Review of Five Reviews.- Chapter 2 The Present: An Overview of Teaching Chinese Language in Singapore.- Chapter 3 The Future: New Directions of Singapore Chinese Language Teaching.- Part II: Practitioners' Potential and Challenges.- Chapter 4 Using ICT in Teaching Chinese Language: Practices and Challenges.- Chapter 5 Chinese Language Teachers' Perception of Training Needs and Perceived Student Difficulties.- Chapter 6 Assessment Literacy of Chinese Language Teachers in Primary and Secondary Schools.- Chapter 7 Familiarity and Use of Language Teaching Strategies among Chinese Language Teachers.- Chapter 8 Singaporean Chinese Language Teachers' Perception of Social Status and Job Satisfaction.- Part III: Learners' Language Ability and Its Challenges.- Chapter 9 An Issue in Bilingualism: English-Chinese Code-switching Past and Present.- Chapter 10 Teaching Chinese Culture in Singapore Schools.- Chapter 11 Epilogue.