One country, two systems, three languages: A proposal for teaching cantonese, putonghua and english in hong kong’s schools

Asian Englishes

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 32-45

  Kirkpatrick, Andy ^a   Chau, Michael ^a  

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

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EID: 84990832950     PISSN: 13488678     EISSN: 23312548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13488678.2008.10801234     Document Type: Article

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