Linguistic capital: Continuity and change in educational language polices for South Asians in Hong Kong primary schools

Current Issues in Language Planning

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 251-263

  Fang, Gao ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Chinese as a second language; ethnic minorities; Hong Kong; language policy; linguistic capital; South Asians

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857077676     PISSN: 14664208     EISSN: 17477506     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14664208.2011.609687     Document Type: Article

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