A BOOK REVIEW OF INTEGRATING CHINESE LINGUISTIC RESEARCH AND LANGUAGE TEACHING AND LEARNING

The volume “Integrating Chinese Linguistic Research and Language Teaching and Learning”, edited by Hongyin Tao, is a collection of papers devoted to integrating linguistic research and Chinese language teaching and learning (henceforth CTL). It contains eleven chapters most of which were presented at the 27th North American Conference on Chinese Linguistics (NACCL-27), 2015. All the papers present an analysis of a language component(s) or structure(s) in Mandarin Chinese that poses challenges to learners, followed by pedagogical suggestions or implications. Concrete material development and course design are offered in some of the papers. The volume covers a wide range of topics in CTL and provides useful suggestions for Chinese language teachers. It is a rare volume with concerted efforts to integrate linguistic theory and CTL. It would be of particular interest to researchers and teachers who aim to integrate linguistic theory and teaching of Chinese as a second/foreign language.