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The medium of instruction in Hong Kong revisited: policy and practice in the reformed Chinese and English streams

Stephen Evans English Department, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong KongCorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 287-309 | Published online: 22 Jul 2009

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Christopher Shepard & Heath Rose. (2023) English medium higher education in Hong Kong: linguistic challenges of local and non-local students. Language and Education 0:0, pages 1-18.
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Angus Cheng. (2022) Medium of instruction in Hong Kong secondary schools: integrating L1 in English-medium classrooms. Asian Englishes 24:1, pages 2-8.
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Stephen Evans. (2018) Making the transition to higher education in Hong Kong: a tale of two cohorts. Journal of Further and Higher Education 42:2, pages 177-192.
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Aaron Koh. (2015) Popular Culture goes to school in Hong Kong: a Language Arts curriculum on revolutionary road?. Oxford Review of Education 41:6, pages 691-710.
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Yuen Yi Lo & Ernesto Macaro. (2012) The medium of instruction and classroom interaction: evidence from Hong Kong secondary schools. International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism 15:1, pages 29-52.
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Xuesong Gao. (2011) The ‘falling’ language standards and teachers’ professional vulnerability in Hong Kong. Research Papers in Education 26:4, pages 485-498.
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Angela Choi Fung Tam. (2011) Does the switch of medium of instruction facilitate the language learning of students? A case study of Hong Kong from teachers’ perspective. Language and Education 25:5, pages 399-417.
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Yuyang Cai & Hin Tat Cheung. (2019) Classifying the writing assessment tasks of English as the medium of instruction programs using latent class analysis. International Journal of Educational Research 95, pages 143-152.
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Gail Forey, Sharon Besser & Nicholas Sampson. (2016) Parental involvement in foreign language learning: The case of Hong Kong. Journal of Early Childhood Literacy 16:3, pages 383-413.
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Stephen Evans. (2013) The Long March to Biliteracy and Trilingualism: Language Policy in Hong Kong Education Since the Handover. Annual Review of Applied Linguistics 33, pages 302-324.
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Mee Ling Lai. (2012) Impacts of Medium of Instruction on Language Attitudes: A Case of Hong Kong. The Asia-Pacific Education Researcher 22:1, pages 61-68.
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Penny Haworth. (2011) Globalising literacy: the challenge of ethnolinguistic diversity in New Zealand. Literacy 45:3, pages 141-149.
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Stephen Evans. (2011) Historical and comparative perspectives on the medium of instruction in Hong Kong. Language Policy 10:1, pages 19-36.
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Linda H.F. Lin & Bruce Morrison. (2010) The impact of the medium of instruction in Hong Kong secondary schools on tertiary students’ vocabulary. Journal of English for Academic Purposes 9:4, pages 255-266.
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Stephen Evans. (2010) Business as usual: The use of English in the professional world in Hong Kong. English for Specific Purposes 29:3, pages 153-167.
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Rosalind Latiner Raby. (2010) Comparative and International Education: A Bibliography (2009). Comparative Education Review 54:S1, pages S1-S132.
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