ISBN:
962209418X
,
9789622094185
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (xv, 449 p)
,
ill
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2010 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Language in Hong Kong at Century's End
DDC:
306.44095125
Keywords:
Bilingualism
;
Sociolinguistics
;
Language policy
;
Language and education
;
Hong Kong (China) Languages
Abstract:
This volume offers a view of the linguistic situation in Hong Kong in the final years of the twentieth century, as it enters the post-colonial era
Description / Table of Contents:
CONTENTS; CONTRIBUTORS; OVERVIEW; 1. Introduction: Perspectives on Language in Hong Kong at Century's End; 2. Charting Multilingualism: Language Censuses and Language Surveys in Hong Kong; 3. Societal Accommodation to English and Putonghua in Cantonese-Speaking Hong Kong; 4. The Onset of Bilingualism in Hong Kong: LanguageChoice in the Home Domain; 5. Why Two Languages Might Be Better Than One:Motivations of Language Mixing in Hong Kong; 6. The Plight of the Purist; 7. How Does Cantonese-English Code-Mixing Work?; 8. Language Choice and Identity: The World of theHong Kong Indian Adolescent
Description / Table of Contents:
9. Our Future English Teachers: Language Use AmongGraduate and Undergraduate TESL Students inHong Kong10. Language and Education in Hong Kong; 11. Hong Kong Language in Context:The Discourse of Ch'u; 12. By Carrot and by Rod: Extrinsic Motivation andEnglish Attainment of Tertiary Students in HongKong; 13. Learning English in Hong Kong:Making Connections Between Motivation,Language Use, and Strategy Choice; 14. Current Language Attitudes of Hong Kong ChineseAdolescents and Young Adults
Description / Table of Contents:
15. Acculturation to English by an Ethnic Minority:The Language Attitudes of Indian Adolescents ina Hong Kong International School16. Medium of Instruction: Policy and Reality at OneHong Kong Tertiary Institution; 17. Three Languages: One Future; 18. Language Policy and Practice: A Problem ofMotivation or Priority?; 19. Language Attitudes and Language Cognitions:Future Prospects for Hong Kong; INDEX
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
,
Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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