The introduction of English-language education in early colonial Hong Kong

The introduction of English-language education in early colonial Hong Kong

• Evans, Stephen Dept. of English, Hong Kong Polytechnic University

History of Education, 37(3), 383-408, 2008

Routledge

2008

• G Curriculum, Teaching & Learning: Specific Disciplines
  • GB English Language
    • GBA Teaching Objectives, Curriculum & Evaluation
• P Social Context of Education
  • PA History of Hong Kong Education
    • PAA History of Hong Kong Education (Before 1945)
• F Learning & Teaching
  • FE Medium of Instruction, Language of Teaching, Bi-& Multilingual Education, Problems of Bilingualism, Code-mixing & Code-switching
• R Educational Policy & Administration
  • RC Educational Planning & Decision Making Process, Educational Administration

Foreign Countries English (Second Language) Second Language Instruction Foreign Policy Case Studies Educational Policy Second Language Learning Language Usage Language Planning Hong Kong

• Hong Kong

• 1841-1899

• Unknown or Unspecified

This article examines the attitudes of the colonial and metropolitan governments towards the promotion of English-language education on Hong Kong Island between 1842 and 1860. The study, which draws on a range of unpublished primary sources, was conducted in response to Whitehead's recent call for detailed case studies of colonial education policies. This article explores, within the context of Hong Kong, a centrally important aspect of education in the Empire, and one that has been the subject of surprisingly little archival research: British policies towards the teaching and learning of English as a second language. The article begins by analysing the political, economic and demographic forces that influenced the study and use of English in Hong Kong during the 1840s and 1850s, and then moves on to examine language policies and practices in the colony's mission schools, with a particular focus on the Morrison Education Society School, the first Western school to be established on the Island after the British occupation. The final section analyses the introduction of English teaching in the government vernacular schools in the early 1850s.
[Copyright of History of Education is the property of Routledge. Full article may be available at the publisher's website:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00467600600745395]

• English

Journal Articles

• 0046760X

• 10.1080/00467600600745395

https://bibliography.lib.eduhk.hk/bibs/12ff2ffa

2010-09-27