Language Policies for Hong Kong Schools since 1997

Autor/inn/en	Kan, Vincent; Adamson, Bob
Titel	Language Policies for Hong Kong Schools since 1997
Quelle	In: London Review of Education, 8 (2010) 2, S.167-176 (10 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1474-8460
Schlagwörter	Language Planning; Official Languages; Language of Instruction; Foreign Countries; Mandarin Chinese; Language Role; English (Second Language); Sino Tibetan Languages; Secondary Schools; Educational Policy; Hong Kong + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Sprachwechsel; Office language; Amtssprache; Teaching language; Unterrichtssprache; Ausland; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Sekundarschule; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Hongkong
Abstract	Language in education debates in Hong Kong focus on the role and status of English (as the former colonial language and an important means for international communication); Cantonese, the mother tongue of the majority of the population; and Putonghua, the national language of China. This paper examines the language policy formulated in 1997-1998, and finds that it radically departed from previous policies by mandating the use of Cantonese as the medium of instruction in secondary schools. The paper then analyses two subsequent policy revisions and concludes that, while the tonal emphasis on mother-tongue education has remained, the policy revisions have reversed the language policy to previous practices that emphasised the importance of English. (Contains 2 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10