Functional English and Chinese as mediums of instruction in a higher institution in Hong Kong

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...

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Main Author: Xu, Zhichang
Other Authors: Dunworth, K.
Format: Book Chapter
Published: Springer 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/34169
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description 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.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-341692023-02-27T07:34:31Z Functional English and Chinese as mediums of instruction in a higher institution in Hong Kong Xu, Zhichang Dunworth, K. Zhang, G. Multilingual society Biliteracy and trilingualism Hong Kong tertiary education Medium of instruction Functional literacy Language policy 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. 2014 Book Chapter http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/34169 10.1007/978-3-319-06185-6_11 Springer restricted
spellingShingle Multilingual society
Biliteracy and trilingualism
Hong Kong tertiary education
Medium of instruction
Functional literacy
Language policy
Xu, Zhichang
Functional English and Chinese as mediums of instruction in a higher institution in Hong Kong
title Functional English and Chinese as mediums of instruction in a higher institution in Hong Kong
title_full Functional English and Chinese as mediums of instruction in a higher institution in Hong Kong
title_fullStr Functional English and Chinese as mediums of instruction in a higher institution in Hong Kong
title_full_unstemmed Functional English and Chinese as mediums of instruction in a higher institution in Hong Kong
title_short Functional English and Chinese as mediums of instruction in a higher institution in Hong Kong
title_sort functional english and chinese as mediums of instruction in a higher institution in hong kong
topic Multilingual society
Biliteracy and trilingualism
Hong Kong tertiary education
Medium of instruction
Functional literacy
Language policy
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/34169