Many international schools around the world aim to produce ‘internationally minded’ students by providing English language international education. However, a problem often arises as they also aim to incorporate the language and culture of the host country in the life of the school. Such dual aims are complex to achieve and this study explores the effectiveness of their implementation at a dual-language, private international school in Hong Kong. The case Secondary school aims to provide a dual-language education in English and Mandarin and develop global citizens who appreciate both Chinese and Anglo-Western cultural traditions. However, it is questionable whether the dual-language, dual-culture goals are achievable, and the research focus...
A study was carried out to understand the language use and language attitudes of the Cantonese speak...
Studying an L2 (second language) has been one of the core curricular designs of the education system...
The 2010/2011 academic year marked an important turning point in the development of Hong Kong's medi...
Many international schools around the world aim to produce ‘internationally minded’ students by prov...
The main objective of this study was to investigate patterns of language use in a bilingual dual-tau...
Under the background of booming demands in international school programmes provided for heritage lan...
The present study evaluates the impact of the fine-tuning medium of instruction (MOI) policy in Hong...
The most debated issue in Hong Kong education is the choice of language as medium of instruction. Hi...
As the Council of Europe is shifting its traditional focus on learning European languages towards em...
At a time in which the Council of Europe is shifting its traditional focus on learning European lang...
Schools in the United States have more students who are English learners (ELs) than at any point in ...
The Chinese language has been increasingly popular in the United States during the past few years, l...
Conference Theme: MultilingualismPaper invited as part of the invited colloquium session: Multilingu...
Background: Recent government initiatives in Hong Kong have focused on raising the participation of ...
International education is not a new concept and has been in existence for a number of decades in ou...
A study was carried out to understand the language use and language attitudes of the Cantonese speak...
Studying an L2 (second language) has been one of the core curricular designs of the education system...
The 2010/2011 academic year marked an important turning point in the development of Hong Kong's medi...
Many international schools around the world aim to produce ‘internationally minded’ students by prov...
The main objective of this study was to investigate patterns of language use in a bilingual dual-tau...
Under the background of booming demands in international school programmes provided for heritage lan...
The present study evaluates the impact of the fine-tuning medium of instruction (MOI) policy in Hong...
The most debated issue in Hong Kong education is the choice of language as medium of instruction. Hi...
As the Council of Europe is shifting its traditional focus on learning European languages towards em...
At a time in which the Council of Europe is shifting its traditional focus on learning European lang...
Schools in the United States have more students who are English learners (ELs) than at any point in ...
The Chinese language has been increasingly popular in the United States during the past few years, l...
Conference Theme: MultilingualismPaper invited as part of the invited colloquium session: Multilingu...
Background: Recent government initiatives in Hong Kong have focused on raising the participation of ...
International education is not a new concept and has been in existence for a number of decades in ou...
A study was carried out to understand the language use and language attitudes of the Cantonese speak...
Studying an L2 (second language) has been one of the core curricular designs of the education system...
The 2010/2011 academic year marked an important turning point in the development of Hong Kong's medi...