Table of Contents

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.