The transition from english to mother-tongue Chinese as medium of instruction

L1 Educational Studies in Language and Literature

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 9-36

  Tse, Shek Kam ^a   Shum, Mark Shiu Kee ^a   Ki, Wing Wah ^a   Wong, Caroline Pui Ching ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Chinese; English; Mother tongue education; Resistance to change

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847677465     PISSN: 15676617     EISSN: 15731731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1011512720278     Document Type: Article

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