Critical issues in learning second language(s) in Singapore and Hong Kong preschools

Critical issues in learning second language(s) in Singapore and Hong Kong preschools

• Lim, Swee Eng Audrey The Hong Kong Institute of Education
• Leung, Cheung Shing Sam The Hong Kong Institute of Education

2009

Redesigning Pedagogy International Conference: Designing New Learning Contexts for a Globalising World, National Institute of Education (2009: Nanyang Technological University, Singapore)

• F Learning & Teaching
  • FE Medium of Instruction, Language of Teaching, Bi-& Multilingual Education, Problems of Bilingualism, Code-mixing & Code-switching
• P Social Context of Education
  • PB Comparative Education
• Q Philosophy of Education, Educational System & School At Different Levels
  • QB Pre-school Education, Child Caring Facilities, Maternal & Infantile Health Facilities

Language and Education Early Childhood

• Hong Kong

• 1997.7 onwards

• Pre-Primary Education

In view of globalization, this paper takes a critical look at the learning and teaching of second language(s) in two Asian cities, i.e. Singapore and Hong Kong. It discusses the challenges faced by teachers and parents in helping children to learn second languages well as well as comparing the differences and similarities in parental and societal expectations, and the functional roles of second languages in the two societies.

Symposium conducted at the Redesigning Pedagogy International Conference: Designing New Learning Contexts for a Globalising World, National Institute of Education

• English

Conference Papers

https://bibliography.lib.eduhk.hk/en/bibs/6add9cea

2015-10-08