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Record Nr.

UNINA9910780943703321

Autore

Lin Angel <1962->

Titolo

Bilingual education / / Angel M.Y. Lin and Evelyn Y.F. Man

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hong Kong, : Hong Kong University Press, c2009

Hong Kong : , : Hong Kong University Press, , 2009

ISBN

988-8180-23-1

1-282-70869-4

9786612708695

988-8052-07-1

Edizione

[1st edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (162 pages)

Collana

Gale eBooks

Disciplina

370.117/50959

Soggetti

Education, Bilingual - Southeast Asia

Education, Bilingual - Government policy - Southeast Asia

Education, Bilingual - China - Hong Kong

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 143-158) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Content; Foreword; Introduction; 1 - Language Policy and Planning in Southeast Asian Contexts; 2 - Bilingual Education in Different Contexts: Principles and Practice; 3 - Key Issues in Immersion Education: Implications for Hong Kong; 4 - History and Development of Bilingual Education in Hong Kong; 5 - Research on Bilingual Education in Hong Kong; 6 - Negotiating between Nationalist and Globalization Agendas: Lessons from the Divergent Paths of Singapore and Malaysia; 7 - Contexts of Language Policy and Planning in Southeast Asian Societies: Need for Innovative Approaches; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

There is an urgent need to critically integrate and review the international research literature with a view to informing public debates and policy making regarding the medium of instruction in Hong Kong and other Southeast Asian contexts. This book aims to meet this need.