The medium dilemma for Hong Kong secondary schools

Language Policy

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 135-162

  Tse, Shek Kam ^a   Shum, Mark ^b   Ki, Wing Wah ^b   Chan, Yiu Man ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Cantonese medium of instruction; Chinese language education; English medium of instruction; Language policy and planning; Teacher and administrator attitudes

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847668325     PISSN: 15684555     EISSN: 15731863     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10993-006-9039-y     Document Type: Article

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