Implementation of the Hong Kong language policy in pre-school settings

Implementation of the Hong Kong language policy in pre-school settings

• Leung, Samuel Cheung Shing Dept. of Early Childhood Education, Hong Kong Institute of Education
• Lim, Audrey Swee Eng Academic Group of Early Childhood and Special Needs Education, National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University
• Li, Yuen Ling Dept. of Early Childhood Education, Hong Kong Institute of Education

Early Child Development and Care, 183(10), 1381-1396, 2013

Great Britain

Routledge

2013

• F Learning & Teaching
  • FE Medium of Instruction, Language of Teaching, Bi-& Multilingual Education, Problems of Bilingualism, Code-mixing & Code-switching
• D Curriculum
  • DC Pre-Primary Education Programmes

Language Policy Early Childhood Education Programme Implementation Bilingualism English (Second Language)

• Hong Kong

• 1997.7 onwards

• Pre-Primary Education

In the past, the Curriculum Development Council in Hong Kong [Curriculum Development Council (CDC). (1996). Guide to the pre-primary curriculum. Hong Kong: Government Printer; CDC. (2000). Consultation document: Learning to learn: The way forward in curriculum development. Hong Kong: Government Printer; CDC. (2001). The way forward in curriculum development – Learning to learn: Life-long learning and whole-person development. Hong Kong: Government Printer; CDC. (2006). Guide to the pre-primary curriculum. Hong Kong: Government Printer], has issued a number of consultation documents regarding the overall aims of the twenty-first century and its implementation, particularly in pre-primary education. These documents provide the backdrop for our research on the implementation of language policies in Hong Kong kindergartens. Data were collected via questionnaires, focus group interviews, and classroom observations in pre-school settings. This paper discusses the provision of bilingualism in Hong Kong pre-schools, especially the teaching and learning of English.
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• English

Journal Articles

• 03004430

• 10.1080/03004430.2013.788816

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2014-05-29