The enactment of the revised School Places Allocation Systems at the compulsory stage in 2004 had the aim of desegregating Hong Kong's non-Chinese linguistic minority (NCLM) students by including them into ethnic Chinese-dominated mainstream primary and secondary schools. Because of the presumed cause-consequence relationship between desegregated school participation and academic achievement, in specific second language Chinese (CSL) acquisition, the challenges that such students face in participating in mainstream education and learning Chinese, no doubt, deserve to be examined. This qualitative study conducted in-depth interviews with 18 secondary students of South Asian/Southeast Asian minority backgrounds enrolled in mainstream schools. Drawing on both cultural and institutional paradigms of explanation for educational achievement, we argue that the reasons inhibiting the minority students' academic involvement are not simply their linguistic challenges but also the institutional constraints in the mainstream education system unique to this population. This study calls for a shift in school desegregation arrangement from one focusing narrowly on physical desegregation to a more comprehensive set of policies that embrace the institutional factors including teacher expectation, resource availability, and bilingual support, crucial to reduce racial differences in achievement.

This chapter adopts a cultural perspective to report on a study of teaching and learning early Chinese literacy for young children in one Hong Kong kindergarten. Instead of viewing literacy education as a neutral and standardised cultural process across Chinese speaking communities, I draw on a Sinophone perspective and post-colonialism to investigate how the linguistic dissonance and cultural hybridity of Hong Kong influences teaching practices in one local kindergarten.
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自1896年梁啟超在《時務報》上發表〈沈氏音書序〉一文正式揭開“國語運動”的序幕，而“大眾語”亦逐步成為中國語文教育的統一用語。在1997年香港回歸後，官方和民間要求仿效國家政策——以普通話取代粵方言進行課堂教學。現時在教育局的推動下，已有不少本港學校，在推行“以普通話教中文”（下稱“普教中”）的學習安排。在政策檔中，教育局官員強調“普教中”能做到“我手寫我心”，有助學生增強其中文書寫能力。且在中文科以普通話授課，將令學生有較多時間接觸普通話，有助提供語境，讓學生多說多聽普通話，從而提升普通話聽說能力。從教師口中得悉，家長對上述政策甚表歡迎，認為“普教中”能提升學生的語文能力，對趕上國家發展勢頭、增加未來的競爭力有莫大幫助。本文將會探討“普教中”政策的實施，並參考有關政策移植的比較教育研究，從而分析“普教中”在香港教育環境實施的成效和限制。

香港敎育大學作為香港主要師訓機構之一，從2012年開始，要求主修中文教學的同學在離校前，必須取得普通話水準測試二乙成績，才能畢業。以廣州話為母語的學生要能順利通過考試，他必須通過學習普通話、進而習得這目的語，才能順利過關。學生如果能有系統地學習廣普之間的對比，將有助他掌握目的語的發音，讓他們順利達標，通通考試。

賴際熙太史是深受儒家思想薰陶的知識分子，在避地香港的獨特文化機遇下，他選擇了在上庠以弘揚國粹為職志。由寓港清遺民參與創立的文化敎育機構，至今尚存的有香港大學中文學院、學海書樓和孔教學院等。這些文化平臺，宣示了以賴太史為代表的一代讀書人，在香港並不只是個過客，除了詩酒酬唱活動之外，他們以自身的文化學術底蘊，填補了香港高等教育中文教學的空白。本文探討賴太史對香港早期大學中文教學的推動和貢獻，以就正於大方之家。

大學教育無疑是追求學術卓越，綜合大學的中文主修學習當然朝著學術專精方向發展。筆者任教香港教育學院開辦的“中國語文教育榮譽學士”課程的“現代漢語”科目多年在學院確立“超越教育”的新發展方向中，不斷反思師資培育課程的中文主修學習的定位問題。本論文通過“中國語文教育榮譽學士”課程的“現代漢語”科目教學和學習成果分析，探討師資培育課程中學科學習的意義。