Multilingual Hong Kong: Languages, Literacies and Identities

• 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
• Θέματα: Education.; Applied linguistics.; Educational policy.; ducation and state.; Language and education.; Language Education.; Educational Policy and Politics.; Applied Linguistics.

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...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• 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. .