Trilingual Education in Hong Kong Primary Schools

• Main Authors: Wang, Lixun (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Kirkpatrick, Andy (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Series: Multilingual Education, 33
• Subjects: Language and education.; Educational policy.; Education and state.; Multilingualism.; Chinese language.; Language Education.; Educational Policy and Politics.; Chinese.

This book focuses on Hong Kong as a multilingual society. It investigates how trilingual education is implemented in Hong Kong primary schools. Based on a large scale survey of 155 Hong Kong schools and in-depth case studies in 3 selected schools, the book gives an overview of trilingual education i...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Literature Review
• Methodology
• Pilot Study in One Hong Kong Primary School
• Survey on Trilingual Education in Hong Kong Primary Schools
• Case Study 1: School A
• Case Study 2: School B
• Case Study 3: School C
• Comparisons across the Three Case Study Schools Regarding Trilingual Education
• Conclusion, Limitations and Implications.