Hong Kong's Educational System: English or Chinese?.

Boyle, Joseph

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Publication Date: 1995

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Hong Kong's Educational System: English or Chinese?

Boyle, Joseph

Language, Culture and Curriculum, v8 n3 p291-304 1995

Discusses the debate over whether English or Chinese should be the medium of instruction in Hong Kong schools. Recent Government efforts to further Chinese-medium education are outlined in the article, and consideration is given to the effects of the Chinese takeover of Hong Kong in 1997 on the future language of education in the island's schools. (44 references) (Author/CK)

Descriptors: Cantonese, Change Agents, Chinese, Colonialism, Elementary Secondary Education, English, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Language Attitudes, Language Fluency, Language of Instruction, Nationalism, Native Speakers, Official Languages, Teacher Role

Publication Type: Opinion Papers; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Hong Kong

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