Frontmatter -- Contents -- Contributors -- Preface -- Introduction -- Part 1: Western Dreams, Chinese Quests - Habitus and Encounter -- Chapter 1: Intercultural Encounters and Deep Cultural Beliefs -- Chapter 2: Sociocultural Contexts and English in China: Retaining and Reforming the Cultural Habitus -- Chapter 3 English and the Chinese Quest -- Part 2: Learners, Identities and Purposes -- Chapter 4: Language and Identity: State of the Art and a Debate of Legitimacy -- Chapter 5 Beautiful English versus The Multilingual Self -- Chapter 6: 'Just a Tool': The Role of English in the Curriculum -- Chapter 7: The More I Learned, The Less I Found My Self -- Part 3: Landscapes and Mindscapes -- Chapter 8: Language, Ethnicity and Identity in China -- Chapter 9 Ethnic Minorities, Bilingual Education and Glocalization -- Chapter 10 English at Home in China: How Far does the Bond Extend? -- Chapter 11 Motivational Force and Imagined Community in 'Crazy English -- Part 4: Narratives -- Chapter 12: Understanding Ourselves through Teacher Man -- Chapter 13: Negotiated (Non-) Participation of 'Unsuccessful' Learners -- Chapter 14 Teachers' Identities in Personal Narratives -- Part 5: English for China in the World -- Chapter 15: East Goes West -- Chapter 16: Being Chinese, Speaking English -- Index