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21. The teaching of English: An sociological perspective

By: Yu, S. H.

Document Type: Dissertation Theses

Year published: 1995
The relationship between social class and English attainment in Hong Kong was explored by the author through the interviews of eight F.4 students. It was found that a movement from context-independent texts to context-dependent texts occurred within this decade and that, because of the better family support, middle class informants obtained more advantaged in the educational movement.
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22. Beyond pedagogy: Language and identity in post-colonial Hong Kong

By: Chan, Elaine

Document Type: Journal Articles

Source: British Journal of Sociology of Education, 23(2), 271-285, 2002

Year published: 2002

Publisher: Routledge
The society of Hong Kong objected strongly when the government instructed schools to change their medium of instruction from English to Chinese at the junior secondary level soon after Hong Kong was reunited with the People's Republic of China in 1997. This paper tries to make sense of the objection to this piece of politically correct and pedagogically sound policy. It analyses the situation from Bourdieu's ideas of habitus and various types of capitals. The paper argues that the government's effort to persuade Hong Kong society to accept mother-tongue education on pedagogical grounds alone was to no avail because the English language has not only become a habitus of society; it also serves to distinguish Hong Kong people from mainland Chinese. The failure of the government was partly due to its insensitivity to the nature and social functions of language.
[Copyright of British Journal of Sociology of Education is the property of Routledge . Full article may be available at the publisher's website:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01425690220137756]

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