Setting attainable and appropriate English language targets in multilingual settings: A case for Hong Kong

International Journal of Applied Linguistics

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 376-391

  Kirkpatrick, Andy ^a  

^a THE EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

'trilingual and biliterate'; Bilingual models; Hong Kong; Language models; Language targets

Indexed keywords

EID: 35348996679     PISSN: 08026106     EISSN: 14734192     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1473-4192.2007.00170.x     Document Type: Article

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