Late immersion and language of instruction in Hong Kong high schools: Achievement growth in language and nonlanguage subjects

Harvard Educational Review

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 302-345

  Marsh, Herbert W ^a   Hau, Kit Tai ^b   Kong, Chit Kwong ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c Chinese University of Hong Kong ^*

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EID: 0034337292     PISSN: 00178055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17763/haer.70.3.gm047588386655k5     Document Type: Article

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