The status of Cantonese in the education policy of Hong Kong

The status of Cantonese in the education policy of Hong Kong

• Lee, Kwai Sang The Hong Kong Institute of Education
• Leung, Wai Mun The Hong Kong Institute of Education

Multilingual Education, 2(2), 1-22, 2012

SpringerOpen

2012

• F Learning & Teaching
  • FE Medium of Instruction, Language of Teaching, Bi-& Multilingual Education, Problems of Bilingualism, Code-mixing & Code-switching

The Status of Cantonese "Bi-Literacy and Tri-Lingualism" Policy Language Survey Cantonese Language Education

• Hong Kong

• 1997.7 onwards

• Unknown or Unspecified

After the handover of Hong Kong to China, a first-ever policy of "bi-literacy and tri-lingualism" was put forward by the Special Administrative Region Government. Under the trilingual policy, Cantonese, the most dominant local language, equally shares the official status with Putonghua and English only in name but not in spirit, as neither the promotion nor the funding approaches on Cantonese match its legal status. This paper reviews the status of Cantonese in Hong Kong under this policy with respect to the levels of government, education and curriculum, considers the consequences of neglecting Cantonese in the school curriculum, and discusses the importance of large-scale surveys for language policymaking.
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