Space in Languages of China: Cross-Linguistic, Synchronic and Diachronic Perspectives

Chapter I Why in (e) motion? Bridges across cognition, pedagogy, and political change (July to August 2007). Chapter: II Freire and Vygotsky: 'Icons' but fighters, and teachers too (August 2007) A. Street Pedagogy: A Revisited Experience Chapter: III The act of knowing ourselves as beings who know that feel (September 2007) Chapter IV: University and community overlapping: sewing an authentic text within college contexts (September-October 2007) Chapter V: Storytellers (teachers) in a real theater and more A. The power of the anecdotes (November 2007) B. Creative projects (November 2007) C. Metaphors are a collective memory(November 2007) D. University tour: picking up our lost history (Dic. 2007) E. Childrens and Juvenile literature: simple and complex as air (January 2007) F. Poetry and narratives (Jan 2008) This chapter will be more extensive than the average of this book. (50 pages or ) Chapter VI: Storyteller of my own story A. The journey with my mentors: students in e-motion (February 2008) B. A journey with my colleagues: a more experienced mentor Chapter VII: A psycho pedagogical experience: Another school space is possible!! (March 2008) Chapter VIII: Technologysm vs technology with sense A. Exploring and rethinking spaces and pedagogical practices: from the performance to the reflective and learning e-portfolio and other on-line resources (March -April 2008) Chapter IX Political and socio-cultural analysis of solidarity (April 2008) A. Halls of the academia: Ruptures that multiply efforts

Dan Xu is currently Professor of Chinese Linguistics at the Oriental Languages and Civilisations Institute of Paris (INALCO) in France. She graduated with a PhD in linguistics from the Sorbonne University in Paris in 1987, and completed her Habilitation à Diriger des Recherches from INALCO in 1998. She was elected and served as a Dean of the Chinese Department of the INALCO (2001-2004), and president of the Association of Chinese Research and Teaching in France (AREC, 2002-2004). In 2004 she was elected as a board member of the International Association of Chinese Linguistics.