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dc.contributor.authorXu, Zhichang
dc.contributor.editorDunworth, K.
dc.contributor.editorZhang, G.
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-30T13:41:42Z
dc.date.available2017-01-30T13:41:42Z
dc.date.created2014-08-26T20:00:25Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.identifier.citationXu, Z. 2014. Functional English and Chinese as mediums of instruction in a higher institution in Hong Kong, in Dunworth, K. & Zhang, G. (ed), Critical perspectives on language education: Australia and the Asia Pacific, pp. 209-228. UK: Springer.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/34169
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/978-3-319-06185-6_11
dc.description.abstract

Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) is a vibrant multilingual society whose official language include Chinese and English. The language policy of Hong Kong calls for biliteracy (Chinese and English) and trilingualism (Cantonese, Putonghua and English), reflecting its complex multilingual situation. In this chapter, I shall review the multilingual language policies of Hong Kong, and issues regarding the medium of instruction (MOI) in the educational context with focus of the tertiary sector. I shall analyze two courses offered in one of the eight government-funded higher education institutions (HEIs) and discuss issues of functional English and Chinese as the MOI in alignment with the local institutional language policy. I argue that in multilingual societies, higher education institutions should make language policies compliant with the regional language-in-education policies, and adopt models of MOI that align with the realities of linguistically diverse teaching and learning communities.

dc.publisherSpringer
dc.subjectMultilingual society
dc.subjectBiliteracy and trilingualism
dc.subjectHong Kong tertiary education
dc.subjectMedium of instruction
dc.subjectFunctional literacy
dc.subjectLanguage policy
dc.titleFunctional English and Chinese as mediums of instruction in a higher institution in Hong Kong
dc.typeBook Chapter
dcterms.source.startPage209
dcterms.source.endPage228
dcterms.source.titleCritical perspectives on language education
dcterms.source.isbn9783319061856
dcterms.source.placeUK
dcterms.source.chapter10
curtin.departmentHumanities-Faculty Office
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