Multilingual Hong Kong: Languages, Literacies and Identities

This volume gives an up-to-date account of the language situation and social context in multilingual Hong Kong. After an in-depth, interpretive analysis of various language contact phenomena, it shows why it is such a tall order for Hongkongers to live up to the Special Administrative Region governm...

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Κύριος συγγραφέας: Li, David C.S (Συγγραφέας)
Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
Γλώσσα:English
Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
Σειρά:Multilingual Education, 19
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505 0 |a 1. The Hong Kong Language Context -- 2. Language Contact: Sociolinguistic Context and Linguistic Outcomes -- 3. Challenges in Acquiring Standard Written Chinese (SWC) and Putonghua -- 4. Challenges in Acquiring English for Academic Purposes (EAP) -- 5. Medium-of-instruction Debate I: Mother Tongue Education and the Dual MoI Streaming Policy (1998-) -- 6. Towards ‘Biliteracy and Trilingualism’ in Hong Kong (SAR): Problems, Dilemmas, and Stakeholders’ Views -- 7. Medium-of instruction Debate II: Teaching Chinese in Putonghua (TCP)? -- 8. Meeting South Asian HongKongers’ Needs for Chinese Literacy -- 9. Issues in Language Policy and Planning: Summary and  Recommendations. . 
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