Classroom language use in Hong Kong's reformed English-medium stream

Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 483-498

  Evans, Stephen ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Bilingual education; Codeswitching; Hong Kong; Immersion education; Language policy; Medium of instruction

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950700294     PISSN: 01434632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01434630802147940     Document Type: Article

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