Policies without planning?: The medium of instruction issue in Hong Kong

Language and Education

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 270-286

  Hopkins, Mark ^a  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Educational languge planning; Hong Kong; Ideology; Language policy; Medium of instruction

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746578396     PISSN: 09500782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2167/le633.0     Document Type: Article

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