Journal Articles
Implementation of the Hong Kong language policy in pre-school settings
EdLink- Implementation of the Hong Kong language policy in pre-school settings
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- 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
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- Hong Kong
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- 1997.7 onwards
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- 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.[Copyright of Early Child Development and Care is the property of Routledge. Full article may be available at the publisher's website: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03004430.2013.788816]
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- English
- Journal Articles
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- 03004430
- https://bibliography.lib.eduhk.hk/en/bibs/a223f262
- 2014-05-29
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