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CALHK
Feb 20, 20191 min read
Ejinsight | Ombudsman urges more support for non-Chinese speaking students
Ombudsman urges more support for non-Chinese speaking students
CALHK
Feb 19, 20191 min read
SCMP | Just 24 teachers in four years finish NCS training course
Just 24 teachers in four years finish training course and collect EDB grant to improve their skills teaching Chinese as a second language
CALHK
Jan 5, 20191 min read
SCMP | 20-year-old student of Bangladeshi origin hopes to become Hong Kong’s first EM lawmaker
Having learned Cantonese since the age of two, she speaks like a native and says the language is key to building a life and career in HK
CALHK
Oct 14, 20181 min read
HKFP| Promoting Putonghua in schools is not about giving Hong Kong an ‘edge,’ it is political
the real “edge” of teaching Chinese in Cantonese in Hong Kong is that it’s the mother tongue of the majority of Hongkongers, and academic re
CALHK
Aug 26, 20181 min read
SCMP | More language support urged for Hong Kong’s ethnic minority women who struggle with Chinese
More language support urged for Hong Kong’s ethnic minority women who struggle with Chinese
CALHK
Jul 10, 20181 min read
SCMP | HK teen’s dreams of being a doctor dashed by education system’s failure to teach Chinese
Hong Kong teen’s dreams of being a doctor dashed by education system’s failure to teach Chinese to ethnic minority students.
CALHK
Jul 6, 20181 min read
ejinsight | Helping ethnic minority students integrate into society
good kindergarten and pre-kindergarten education is key to helping ethnic minority students integrate into our mainstream school curriculum.
CALHK
May 29, 20181 min read
SCMP | Ethnic minorities struggling with Chinese – despite annual funding of HK$200 million
Hong Kong Unison the biggest difficulty for schools was catering to the varied Chinese language abilities of minorities
CALHK
May 28, 20181 min read
HKFP | Long-term policies needed to help ethnic minorities learn Chinese, says NGO Hong Kong Unison
Hong Kong Unison: there should be a long-term policy to help ethnic minorities learn Chinese as a second language
CALHK
May 19, 20181 min read
SCMP | Mother-tongue language policy: how Hong Kong failed where Singapore succeeded
Hong Kong faced situations similar to Singapore’s in many respects – the need for children to acquire proficiency in English and Chinese
CALHK
May 7, 20181 min read
SCMP | When Hong Kong’s ethnic minority students are separated at school from local Chinese
The study found teachers struggle with a lack of instructional resources and materials for non-native speakers to learn the Chinese language
CALHK
Mar 15, 20181 min read
SCMP | HK’s non-Chinese-speaking ethnic minority pupils can benefit from government budget support
The 2018-19 Hong Kong budget earmarked HK$500 million for a steering committee to...
CALHK
Jan 4, 20161 min read
HK Baptist University: Making ethnic minorities visible
Interview with Professor John Erni Fung Hon Chu. "After years of calling for improvements to the Chinese language policies for ethnic...
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