The misleading academic discourse on Chinese-English bilingual education in China

Review of Educational Research

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 195-231

  Hu, Guangwei ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Bilingual instruction for majority language students; Bilingualism; Chinese English bilingual education; English proficiency as symbolic capital; English medium instruction; Medium of instruction

Indexed keywords

EID: 47149100927     PISSN: 00346543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3102/0034654307313406     Document Type: Review

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