The Routledge Handbook of the Sociopolitical Context of Language Learning

Weixiao Wei is the author of three monographs: An Overview of Chinese Translation Studies at the Beginning of the 21st Century (2019), The History of Chinese Rhetoric (2022), and A Notional Analysis of Chinese Academic Discourse on China (2023). She has also served as editor or co-editor for three Routledge volumes: The Routledge Handbook of Chinese Studies (2021), China's Contemporary Image and Rhetoric Practice (2022) and The Routledge Handbook of Descriptive Rhetorical Studies and World Language (2023). Her recent projects include two forthcoming handbooks, set for publication in 2025: The Routledge Handbook of Endangered and Minority Languages and The Routledge Handbook of the Sociopolitical Context of Language Learning. Weixiao's research and teaching focus on English rhetoric and composition, and she is currently pursuing a PhD at the University of Houston.

Der-lin Chao is Professor and Head of the Chinese BA in Language, Literature, and Translation and leads the MA in the Teaching of Chinese at Hunter College, City University of New York. She devotes herself to language program pedagogy, design, and evaluation; development of technology and web-based instructional materials; teacher education; proficiency-based language education; and the history of Chinese language instruction. In addition, she is thoroughly invested in developing extra-collegiate Chinese educational initiatives, including K-12 Chinese curriculum development and enhancement with partner schools throughout the New York City area.