I love Cantonese but I want English' - A qualitative account of Hong Kong students' language attitudes

Asia-Pacific Education Researcher

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 79-92

  Mee Ling, Lai ^a  

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

Author keywords

Cantonese; English; Hong Kong; Language attitudes; Language education; Putonghua

Indexed keywords

EID: 67651183686     PISSN: 01195646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3860/taper.v18i1.1037     Document Type: Article

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