Applied Chinese Language Studies VII---Acquisition, Assessment and Application: Theory and Practice of Teaching Chinese in Higher Education

The 13th BCLTS International Conference at Oxford University has attracted more than 170 participants from all over the world, with over 120 papers presented concerning topics of teaching and learning Chinese in higher education. It was the first time ever in the history of BCLTS that 33 parallel sessions have been delivered across the three-day conference. After the conference, we have received over 50 submissions, with 24 papers being accepted and herein presented after rigorous peer-review practice. In this volume entitled Acquisition, Assessment and Application: Theory and Practice of Teaching Chinese in Higher Education , the 24 papers were divided into three parts under the headings of 'Lexical-Grammatical Acquisition Research and Its Application', 'Assessment and Affection of International Chinese Education', and 'Skill-based Pedagogical Research and Teaching Practice'.